My husband just bought 30 sacks of mixed whole grains, wheat, corn, peas etc. Those are in there But so are weevils you can see them and hear them if you put your ear to the sacks, YUCK ! This feed is for his racing pigeons so unlike chickens who would not mind bugs The weevils undermine the...
Next week my young girls SLW ,are moving to Big chicken coop.They have grow up in the garage and had the run of the backyard for 4months.The coop is where the bantys and welsummers live.Everybody free ranges and then locked in at night. Putting them together is not main concern The BIG question...
For whatever reason hens have now hatched and then crushed baby chicks ?? It happened with BCM and now with banty hen.Never seen this before and ideas would be good??
I have a small barn cat who has seizures of unknown origin,they are rather violent and last a minute or two.Yesterday she had a bad one in front of the chickens.Instead of running they attacked her in mass! The bantys were the worst. I litterally picked them up and tossed them and they came...
For the last two weeks I've had two banty hens who sat on hatched and for these past 2 weeks raised 8 babies together. Last night they went to war ???? They were out scratchng in the pasture when things blew up and one went psyco!! Now it is all out warfare on one hens part and the babies are...
Am assuming who but need affirmation Lost two big BCM roos mid morning no noise, no feathers, left nothing, just Gone. the hens are fine but lost without heir roos. These guys went MIA about 3mos apart and yes free range locked up at night but this was after morning feed and before noon ...
The second hen in two weeks has come down with ??? The only symptons are they have both gone cold and the weather has been in the 50s. They just seem to shut down. No breathing problems they are not underweight at all. I've brought them both in warmed them slowly given warm water and...
Lost a wellsummer hen a week ago Today she was found wedged behind a hay bale in the barn!! Why don't they yell for help ?? She is very weak but ate and drank well The problem the rest of the flock and her reintoduction .Will they remember her ?? They are free ranging at the moment so if I...
Never posted here but thought I'd ask Has anyone else seen this commercial from Jeep? It is one of the best I've ever seen. May never buy a jeep but this speaks to the heart of what America is despite the talking heads and media spin. So close your eyes and listen to the words!!
Having opened a box of long awaited chicks and seeing dead little bodies instead of peeping chicks (the very nice folks are willing to replace )but what I need to know ??
What is the very best age to ship chicks when it could be a 2 to 3 day trip???
Babies arrived this morning but opening the box was so sad little dead chicks.Out of 14 only 3 moving well the rest flat out so went into ER mode on four that I think had a breath of life. Is there are point of No return for little ones or as long as the breath do I fight on?? Have no problem...
I have chicks coming from Ill. to Wash. state and the people used " Click it and Ship it" from USPS. Has anyone done this or gotten chicks with this program??
What would cause a banty roo to refuse to leave the coop! He was hatched here and became king 4 years ago.The flock free ranges everyday. There are 12 hens that still come out to play but he stays in the coop by himself til girls go up at night and all are locked in. He shows no sign of illness...
First time to post in many moons but always read.
Have been raising buckeye chicks in a garage, where else, things were going great until this morn. One little one, they are 4wks old, seems to have black spots bumps on her legs.Am I looking at dry pox?? Ten yrs of chickens and never seen this...