Hi everyone, So after one of my hens was attacked by my rooster I took her out for 2-3 months for her to recover over her injuries while recovering she has been with the flock through a fence. I have recently been letting them spend time together in the same area. I have tried to get my hen to...
My hen recently got into a fight with my rooster. We have cleaned her up and everything. I made a post a few days ago. Now my hen is drinking lots of water but showing a low interest in food and has a slime like saliva coming from her mouth. It's not enough to be dripping from her mouth but is...
Hi, so my rooster occasionally will peck at his girls and it's nothing serious and leaves no wounds. My hens wear saddle jackets to protect from my rooster. This morning the jacket got caught up in their perch and my rooster has gone and pecked at her and done some damage I brought her inside...
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So I recently met my 2 of my younger hens with my 3 hens and 1 rooster. I bring them both out in the morning and they spend that whole day with each other till night I take the younger hens in their separate pen for the night.
They have been doing really well not much pecking and chasing...
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I've got two roosters with a small flock size so I'm giving one back to not cause issues later on. Is There anything I should think about or be worried about with him going since they have all been together since day 1. Will The other miss him or show any Behaviours once his gone. Any and...
I want to feed my chickens something different to watermelon and strawberries.
I searched that you can feed them cucumbers. Just wanted to check and can they eat them raw or cut up or anything like that?
Hey recently one of my hens are going after two of my hens then my rooster will also go after her.
What does this mean? And how can I stop it
So far there is no blood or actual damage but my hen is laying on it pretty think and they have been with each other since I got them they are from the...
Hey everyone,
I'm possibly moving my chickens out to their outdoor coop for the first time I just wanted to come on here to ask what things I should do and consider being their first night.
And what to do in the morning and future nights and how to teach them of their coop.
Thanks a lot
So my rooster (on the right) his comb has started to go floppy. His comb has always been straight only recently is it starting to flop over this this normal?
Also made another post for my rooster on the left. But if you have any ideas what it might be for him they are both 10 weeks old
Thank you
My roosters comb has been like this for since he was young. I've started to worry because I read this could be he is sick.
Is this normal.
Thanks a lot
My rooster is 9 week old.
I'm really wanting to keep him and I know they can become aggressive when they get older when he does peck at the hens it's gotten a bit more persistent and not just simple pecks it's becoming a bit more persistent and pecking their heads when I do see this I intervene...
Hey so I have been letting my 9 week old chicks get used to my 4 week old chicks
And I'm currently letting them be together in a controlled environment and under close eye on a space that isn't the 9 week olds territory
I have two roosters in the 9 week old chicks and the 4 week olds are both...
Hi everyone,
So I made a post couple of weeks ago about my 8 week old roosters
I still have both roosters as things have been going smoothly and I haven't been able to part with him yet. But I did catch my two roosters going to spare in there own which they haven't done. Then I took them out...
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So my chickens are 8 weeks of age from yesterday and they have had amazing growth, when I weighed them today they haven't grab as much
They are still in there chick feed and they haven't been starved or anything
Is this normal or could something be wrong?
Thanks alot
Hi,
So this week (hopefully) we will finish their outside coop and be moved out they are 7 weeks old tomorrow (I know they should of been outside by now but we had complications but I take them out often)
Any tips of when they do go outside?
I take them outside without any restrictions so...
Hi it's me again,
I have 6, 6 week old chickens and 2 1 week old chickens. They will end up being in the same hut as each other but how do I get them used to each other now so later on I won't have problems integrating them together... I have a rooster in my 6 week old group if that changes...
My 6 week old roosters are sparring with each other.
I'm getting rid of the other rooster next week but they only spar when they get let out of there pen in my house.. and the more dominate rooster I'm keeping and he keeps picking at the other 6 week old hens... It's not aggressive and not...
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I know I have made too many threads in the 3 days I've been on here but my last question for a while (hopefully)
So my five week old used to have heat lamp morning and night but since I got 3 day old chicks yesterday she said I could take away the 5 day old chicks heat lamp.
So I have this...
Welcome my 3 black Easter Eggers
There 3 day old
There names are
Ashoka and darth vaddar
All my chickens have star wars name
(Couldn't link the photos it's harder to do on my phone)
Hi,
I feel really bad but I need to get rid of one of my 5 week old rooster's as my flock is too small to have two but there all siblings and I feel horrible getting rid of my other male because I know he will be sad and lonley without his family and I feel bad for his siblings because he will...