I noticed a few of our younger girls had diarhea an sneezing seemed to be getting better ..... but woke up this morning to a very sick throwing up almost dead hen. The others seem to be fine, how do I make sure what ever it was that the others dont get it??? We put her down I was thinking...
Have 22 that are close to laying.. Im pretty sure that a couple have started in the last couple of weeks, we have found a couple very small eggs that had very hard shells , an today found 2 eggs that shells were VERY soft an must have got stepped on because I just found the shell ( almost like...
I have a buff orpington who has been sittin in a box an gets really aggresive when you try to move her, just have hens no rooster, tryed to get her out of box to clean it an she wouldnt stand just kinda rolled as I gently moved her she got in the next box. How long do they broody or is she sick...
Just wanted to say HI my husband Dan an myself just got 10 laying hens an have 25 chics that will be adding to the fock. We both had chickens as kids an decided we would try raising our own for eggs as well as meet. Im sure along the way well have many ??? Hope you have a great day!
Well we have 10 adult hens an decided to get 25 chics. What will be the best way to introduce them?? The 10 are 2 buff orpington, 3 sexlinks, 1 bard rock, an 4 wyandottes. The younger ones are 8 buff, 5 wyandottes, 5 sussex, 2 amercanas, 4 rhonde island, an 1 bard rock. Thanks for an suggestions:)
We just brought home 10 hens that are @ 2yrs. 1 of them has no feathers on its chest an the other girls seem to be pulling out her neck feathers. New at having chickens should I take her out or let her be to fend for herself???