Long story short, our poor free rangers have been stuck in their coop for about two weeks straight due to the tremendous cold we've been experiencing lately. It appears in this time they've gotten a nasty infestation of mites. It's our first experience with parasites in our flock so I'm a bit...
We discovered this morning that one of our roosters' feet were completely frozen. The rest of our 30+ birds are totally fine, so I can only assume something was already wrong with him. After thawing his feet out and assessing the damage, it was clear he wasn't going to make it. In addition to...
Hi all,
We've had our flock for just over a year now. We currently have five Rhode Island Red hens that are a year old, four Bantams (three hens; one rooster) that are about 3 months old, and a mama Pekin duck. Our flock was larger (by six Red hens and a male duck), but we lost them all...
Hi all,
We've had our flock for just over a year now. We currently have five Rhode Island Red hens that are a year old, four Bantams (three hens; one rooster) that are about 3 months old, and a mama Pekin duck. Our flock was larger (by six Red hens and a male duck), but we lost them all...