I have had sevral chickens die. I lost chicks a few weeks ago obviously to rats. We baited and set traps but we have caught nothing. Anyways could rat bites cause death?
Ok I meant to post this earlier, but as I was letting all the chickens in from their run, I was startled to find one of my silkies huddled drooling from the mouth. She was crouched down acting as if she was egg bound. I took her into the barn and then tried to see if she had any obstructions in...
Many hens don't like being moved, have you tryed putting her back in the nest? Then you could transfer the chicks under her and then after she realizes "Oh I have babies now" you can move her. I have done that and it worked quite well. Is there any way you can close off her nest box so only she...
I would wait a bit, or if you do move them bring a heat lamp. We had two chicks hatch in september, unfortunately one went MIA and the other is getting pretty beat by the cold. Also, it depends on their breed, some are more cold hardy than others.
I had a similar instance happen over the summer. A young german shepherd picked up our young cockeral and ran around with him in her mouth. He suffered no outside damage, however he was in shock, limp neck, not standing, unresponsive. I wrapped him in a cloth and stroked, talked, to and held...