Hi there it's been a long time!
I've had my current chickens for 3 years now but unfortunately one of my hens died last week. I am now left with just 2 chickens and literally just built a brand new coup for my hens the other week (typical!) I'm now looking to add 2 new chickens to my old ones...
Hi all been a long time..
in fact almost a year since i last hatched my white sussex chickens!.
now im looking to hatch either some sussex rhodies or plymouth rocks but i want to know how to sex the chicks at a early age as i wont be able to keep any cockerels! thanks
while cleaning out my pullet cage i let them roam in the garden. they are normally fine however today a fox suddenly appeared i heard the chickens scream it bit one but it flapped and pecked the fox so it let it go this one seems okay but it then picked up a chicken in its mouth so i threw a...
i have 7 16 week old white sussex pullets i went to the feed store today to buy some more layer pellets however they did not have any and will only get some more next week. so i got some layer mash instead. will this be ok for a week if not can i do anything else to improve their diet?
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HI All,
I have had a hybrid for a year and a half she is the most lively friendly chicken i have ever kept. she has laid consistenly all her life . However this afternoon i noticed her lying down in the coop when i tried to move her she simply stood up moved then put her wing out almost to...
okay two chicks were due to hatch on tuesday both of them hatched early (one two days) and i have 6 more in the incubator and i thought they were due for today so i stopped turning them on saturday just in case they were going to hatch early.the humidity is 60%. this sounds really irresponsible...
my 2 day old baby chicks seem to be up and moving around. currently i dip their beaks in their water quite often and tap their food however i dont think they are drinking or eating that often what should i do to encourage them to do so?
i have this chick who didnt seem to wan to stand i dipped its beak in the water so it has had a bit of a drink its only a day old :( i have seperated it from the others when i lift it it does wriggle and move its leg but one of its feet seems swollen what should i do?
i have this chick who didnt seem to wan to stand i dipped its beak in the water so it has had a bit of a drink its only a day old :( i have seperated it from the others when i lift it it does wriggle and move its leg but one of its feet seems swollen what should i do?
ok so i had two chicks due for today one hatched yesturday i left it in the incubator then it was getting stuck so i moved it into the brooder. this chicks looks as if it has a brown/red wire or blood vessel which i assume to be the umbilical cord? then the other chick hatched today.So i moved...
ok so i put 4 eggs in my incubator to see if they were fertile turns out two of them were so i kept them and added 6 more the next week. I set them on tuesday and its now sunday and while candiling the eggs i noticed a chip and yeah thats right one of the eggs has started to hatch thats great...
ok so i put 4 eggs in my incubator to see if they were fertilized.It turns out they are well two of them are i think i lost the other two somehow and anyway i gathered some more eggs from my flock and two of them had poo on so i wiped it off with water and towel is that ok? also i want more than...