I've made a huge screw up and I don't know if anything can be done.
background: I have three broods of chickens that I've been raising over the last few years. Group one (3 birds) is now 2 years old and have been laying great, group two (now 1 bird) I moved into the coop at 10 weeks and gave...
I just had to share my new little one! She peeped like mad until I covered her face and then she falls asleep! She's so friggin cute! her name is Cocoa.
I am still hoping Florence is a girl. Her sister Lucy will not do well without her. I have four other big meanies and Florence looks after them both. I've never raised an Andalusian before and I just can't tell. She's not crowing and she's now 17 weeks old. Good news please??
My head girl, Pepper, just did this yesterday!! I saw her grab it out of the corner of my eye and was running for her when it went right down her gullet! I have been worrying about it ever since. Thank you for assuring me :)
My Buff Orpington chick, 3.5 weeks, has something wrong with her eye. It doesn't seem to be growing at the same rate as the other one. It's way smaller! She's perfectly healthy otherwise. I am concerned that it could be congenital. Could this cause long term damage of some sort? What should I do?
I am a brand new mama to chicks. They are 2.5 weeks old and I am concerned that Ginger might be a boy. She is a RIR and twice the size as the other three who are a barred rock, a buff Orpington, and a speckled Sussex. She is feathering out just as fast, if not faster than the others but she is...
Hi everyone. I'm a brand new chicken mama from Springfield, OR. We just got four chicks that were one day old when we got them. They celebrated their one week birthday yesterday. I love the little ladies already! We are quickly building our coop. I hope to have pictures of the new coop...