Just wondering when mommies start showing their kids how to eat and drink? Is it about 3 days or so? I check a few times a day on the ones hatching and the new babes, and my one hen seems to be doing a fine job teaching her 5 kids to eat and drink. My other 2 hens are sharing the load and have 4...
Morning all! I have some new chicks that my hens have hatched. We have one coop and I am just leaving them in there with their mothers. A few questions, I do have chick starter but the big chickens devour it, and also, I have 3 hens hatching babies...will they work together or will they beat up...
My hens have hatched 3 chicks and there are more on the way. The lady at the TS told us we had to separate them because if they eat the adult food or the older chickens eat the baby food that they could die??? This makes no sense to me because chickens have been raising their own for how long...
Morning! I have a porcelain that has been sneezing for a good month now. He has only a little bit of a wet nose. He is eating and drinking and going out just fine. Just sneezing quite a lot. I have a few others that do it but not nearly as much as him. I changed their bedding from straw to pine...
I'm sorry for those of you who have seen this. I hastily posted in another forum...anyway, we got this little girl from a swap meet. My husband liked her but we don't know what kind she is?
First year wintering chickens. They are warm, fed, and watered daily. We have 13. Bantams. Mixture. However we have 2 guinea hens and one of them seems to be keeping the rest away from food and water. Even the 3 roosters. They are all huddled up under our bunny cage and won't come out. I have...
Hi folks! I've looked through this forum and the predator forum...getting all sorts of different answers...we are building a coop this weekend and would like to know the best place to start in keeping predators out. Should he dig down and put chicken wire? Any other ideas would be great. We are...
I've been reading some posts and am confused about some of the things peeps are talking about...layer food...scratch....grit....run. I just need to know what it is exactly being said. Didn't see a "lingo" page! Thanks so much!!
As you can see by my posts we are brand new to the chicken family. It's been pretty neat so far. Kids are about 6 weeks old, 7 maybe. We have 10 bantams and I have been posting a few pictures to see if anyone can help me with the breed. So, we have 3 white silkies, 2 porcelain d'uccles, and the...
I would like to know if anyone can confirm these breeds for me? They are all bantams...
Old English Roo? If so, is he a certain breed of that or is it just Old English Game?
Dutch hen?
Once again, I know I am sounding silly but there are so many names out there I would love to know just...
Hello all, brand new to this community and finding you all extremely kind and helpful! So, here is my breed question! We nabbed 10 chicks from TSC and have two that we can't really identify. They seem to be a bit more aggressive towards me. They kinda "bite" me when I pick them up to move them...
I am so new to this chicken thing you all will think I'm crazy Anyway, we have 10 bantams and I am trying to figure out the breed of them yet, but know for sure of 2 dutches, 3 OEG's, 3 silkie's, and 2 have no ideas...anyway, one of the Old English is a rooster and is obviously "head of the...
Can anyone help me with the kind of chicken this is? It is 6 weeks old, bantam. We are new to all of this so any help would be appreciated! How do I get a picture on here??