Some how one of my smaller chicks got in with the older birds and they beat her up pretty good before I found her. How should I wrap her wing and how long should I keep her inside so the other little one don't peck at her wound. I feel so horrible that I'm ready to give up on the older birds...
I am trying to let all my chicks be together in my coop. The older chicks are really picking on the smaller ones. So I have let let the smaller chicks out in the main coop and left 2 of the 7 chickens out with them. I was going to keep the rest in the pen inside the coop and let 1 more out every...
Hi all. Looking to make chicken connection in my area. I'm a beginner and would love advice on keeping chickens in the wild wild west sort of speak. Pictures of most my flock.
I was giving so attention to my Easter egger (Babs.) Then my Lavender orpington, (I call her lavender) jumps up to claim some of the attention too. I love my younger flock. My older birds want nothing to do with me unless I bring treats.
So my coop isn't finish yet but I have all my chickens together. The 12 week Olds are loose in the coop and my 4 to 8 week Olds are in a pen inside the coop.
The older chickens chase them back in the pen anytime I let them out or pecks at them when they go into the pen with them, when I have...
Im periwinkle. I am called a production blue. I am about 11 weeks old. My mom got me from tractor supply and is wondering what everyone thinks I am because she is pretty sure the rest of the chicks she got at the same time are roosters. Rooster or hen?