I have decided thats what i am going to do. i have a very old bantam hen , real old, she got caught in a hay rack and when i found her she was almost dead and couldn't stand. i hand fed and watered her for weeks and kept in a big wire dog crate. she finally came around and fed herself but...
my rooster is mean to the other roos hens. he will spur them and pull feathers and run them away. they all free range. he is not this way to "his" h ens. the other roos is a bantam and he never is mean to any of the hens. the big roo has never been mean to any people. seems like he should...
I have a year and a half old rooster. I have him and a bantam roo. Each have their own hens and free range. The big rooster will attack the little roos hens if they get too close. he will also chase new pullets that i just got. i have never had a roo do this. he will literally peck and...
The fly predators really do work in stables and such. The problem is the cocoons that the fly wasps come in are to be spread around manure and wet spots. The wasps then get into fly eggs and eat them and then The chickens eat them. I have used them for years and they worked great. Now I...