My husband left our two little banties in the chicken run with their little "house" so they could get some exercise space last night. He felt they would be safe.He used very thick gauge wire and cemented it underground when he built the run and it has a wired top as well, so whatever did this...
UPDATE AND NEW QUESTION AT BOTTOM
Once again some dogs attacked our chickens. This time, one chicken was killed and taken off, and the other one my husband shot at and he dropped our little Buff Orphington.
She has puncture wounds, but wasn't really bleeding. We decided to see if we could...
We currently have 16 chickens- 11 Rhode Island Red hens, 1 Rhode Island Red rooster, and 4 Delaware hens. A dog had killed some chickens from our flock so we ordered some replacement chicks- 2 Delaware roo's and then 9 buff orphington hens. We also have 6 black sex link roosters that came with...
I sort of have two issues I'm hoping someone can help with.
The first issue is that my rooster is starting to act sort of aggressive towards me, my husband, and the kids. I can understand him being protective of the hens- he's good about that. Yesterday though, I went into the coop and let all...
I got some chicks in the mail yesterday from the hatchery, and one of my Buff Orphinton chicks can't stand. It's legs aren't going off to the side and she's hopping/scooting around, but she cannot stand. For the most part she's just sitting on her bottom with her legs underneath her body.
Also...
Due to dogs killing some of our chickens yesterday, we ordered replacements that will arrive in early June. Do you think this will be okay, or are there special considerations I need to take concerning chick care during the summer? It's staying in the low/mid 70's and low 80's right now, and it...
Dogs got seven of our chickens yesterday- two Delaware roosters, three Rhode Island Red hens, and two Delaware hens. We called animal control and they found the dogs who did it, and they must be penned up. The owner did pay us for our losses, but we still are heartbroken. We live in the country...
One of my baby Rhode Island Reds has a swollen right leg. It hobbles when it walks, and the other chickens were pecking it. It looks like maybe its out of place (?) I don't know if she was dropped or what happened. Is there any way I can help her?
right now they are in two separate plastic containers with heat lamps. The first container has 20 chickens and the other one has 11 because they are a week apart in age. The older ones are a week and one day old and the others are two days old. I'm quickly running out of space! We have 11 RIR...
I'm glad to be here and know I'm going to learn a lot.
I'm from VA. My husband and I have four human babies and have 31 baby chickens: 16 Rhode Island Reds (1 is male), 10 Delawares (1 is male) and 5 other roosters that we have no idea what they are!