I have the mommy and three babies in a large metal cage off ground, outside. It is half covered with a tarp and has straw at bottom. Should i pile in the straw and coat the edges so no cold gets in the holes? Will she be enough to keep them warm?
I could bring them inside...but I have like...
Everybody was fine yesterday and I noticed today that one of my chicks wasn't out and about. I went to the coop and at first I thought it was dead. However when I picked it up it peeped so that was a relief.
I fed it sugar water with some tetracycline by spoon earlier (5 min ago) and it...
I have it inside in a cat carrier, with a towel and heating pad. I dont' have a brooder lamp and I can't put it anywhere outside the carrier because we have more than ten bird hunting cats.
The mom tried to kill it, very badly seemed to want to. We had to help it hatch two days back because...
I saw one chick take a drink of water when I set it next to the shoe box, where mama is sitting. First thing: i seperated mom and rest of eggs and chicks because of our chickens, they were being a little too mean, one was beating a chick against the ground and tossing it..
She is now in a...
I let my girls/boys out, I shut the coop at night, and same as the last few days, my broody australorp hen comes out clucking and eats etc. This time however she takes quite a longer time, clucking and dustbathing and running back to food then back to water trough repeateledly. I was worried...
She sat in a nest last night, then in a new nest today. I moved eggs from other nest and now she is just sticking with one. She came out when i fed them, ran around frantic to eat, pooped a big brown piece o.O then went back inside moments later.
I'm outside now and she is still in there...
I dont have a picture up yet so I'll just try and be descriptive.
Five toes
Feathered feet with vulture hocks
small brown stripe down back
White head, a few pale brown dots on top, not seen well, so mostly white.
Poofy little tail, brownish-reddish
Definitely looks like a hen, no...
I just bought some bantys, very very small, for 35$. I brought them home, all happy until i noticed there size in comparison with the chickens I have currently, which are huge when next to the little hens.
They are being chased around etc, i have like 14 big chickens such as sex links...
My chicken's are getting sick, whatever it is, its infectious. Three or four already have it. My rooster's face is swollen, so is my hen. My hen is also losing feathers fast!! And its really really cold outside :'( I dont know what to do!! PLEASE HELP ME! Should i give them all benedryl...
I just found my little cochin roo Hammy ten minutes ago. Hes not stiff but his yes are closed, neck falls easily when i move him. I just tried tapping my finger on his chest, he moved, and opened his beak a bit and a small liquid came out, maybe salivia? He then moved a leg.
I tried revitizing...
My plymoth rock roo Stripey is making weird noises. He has him mouth gaped open, then only closed for a moment, then he opens again while making a weird noise. Like a choking, coughing like noise. What can I do? i tried pouring some water into his mouth, is something stuck in his throat? It...
I woke up this morning and went out to see my chickens, she runs around in the yard. I called for her name and she didnt come. I went into the field next to our house and found a pile of her feathers. I can't stop crying, i loved her so very much. I should have clipped her wings, but she...
I have to tell someone about one of my new pullets I have had her and thirteen others (assorted breeds) for a month now. I had been googling her color etc, to try and figure out what breed she is, and now i know, and am very happy with what i have found.
Peaches is a mille fleur D'uclee...
I found a weird shaped egg. I actually have been finding them every couple weeks. Its sort of curvy to one side and more oval than a normal egg. if i let it incubate would it hatch a deformed chick?
Last year i had a peacock named Miss Peacock and a young cockerel. I woke up one morning and found the peacock lying by the coop's gate who head and neck completely missing. Nearby was a small organ of some sort which i belief came from the cockerel who was nowhere in sight.
what kind of...
I've been wanting to join a site that is about chickens for a long time. I love my birds and im so excited cause i jus got six babies
I have no idea what breeds they are but i cant wait to find out and guessing is fun too.
My mom and I built our own chicken coop and we have five hens...