The hen's seem to be broody at times. They will puff up and scream at me when I try to remove the eggs. Then when I return.....no hen on the eggs. What would be a good breed for egg hatching?
How do I encourage my hens to keep on the nest when they are "broody"? I have several hens that puff up & squak when I remove the eggs in the afternoon. I'd like to get a few of the hens to keep sittin on the nest. Will they eventually decide to just sit on them or do I have to put them inside...
I have a 7 month old RIR hen that is ruthless. Everytime my wife, daughter, or I walk near her, she chases and pecks your feet, legs and jumps up and trys to flog us. What in the world is her problem? She does not seem to be the Boss hen to the others and even gets attacked by other hens when...
I have a 7 month old RIR hen that is ruthless. Everytime my wife, daughter, or I walk near her, she chases and pecks your feet, legs and jumps up and trys to flog us. What in the world is her problem? She does not seem to be the Boss hen to the others and even gets attacked by other hens when...
Spraddle-leg or splay leg is a condition of immature birds in which abnormal lateral forces on the legs causes the long bones (femurs) and sockets of the upper leg (acetabula) to distort and bend outward or sideways. Both legs are usually affected. The cause of this condition is a nesting area...
My older girls love cracked corn. My 8 week olds have also been eating it with them here lately. Do I need to stop giving them the corn since the youngster's are getting to it?
One day it was on his/her back sleeping with it's leg's stuck up in the air. I'll get a pic of that too. Ya'll have got to see that! They sleep in some of the strangest positions.
I use Co-op 16 % medicated chick starter. My RIR's are now about 5 weeks old and roudy! Tractor supply has a chick starter that is 20% also. Better safe than sorry. No antibotics unless they show sings of illness though. Just the medicated chick starter and Sulfamethazine sodium 12.5%...
I also have two little bitty ladies. Rhode Island Red chicks. They are about 5 weeks old and half the size of the rest. They are just as roudy as the others though. They also seem to eat more than the others but, don't seem to be gettin any bigger.