I have had chickens now for 6 years, but this I have no clue about! I have recently got a new batch of 8 chicks, all mutts, from my uncle. I have had them for about a month and they are about 5 weeks old. They have all been fine until now. One of the little hens, Truffle, is now listless and she...
Such a helpful article! Thank you! Now I'm going to use the canary method for integrating one of my hens back into the flock after being bullied! Thanks!
she might be a target for other hens, so watch them, as for the limping, since there are no visible wounds, she might have broken a leg, or just pulled something. I would say just to watch her and that it might heal on its own..
Good Luck! Tessa
I've separated the bully, and the flock was fine, but then after 3 days I tried to reinagrate her with the flock, but she started bullying the same hen while she was getting pecked on herself for being "new".....HELP!!!!!!!!!!! Everything's messed up!
Welcome to BYC! I'm new myself, even though i've had chickens for 3 years... For feed, if you have a tractor supply by you they sell feed. For protection from preditors, you can build or buy a coop, chickens naturally like to roost at night, so put a roost in their coop, nesting boxes, and make...
I got all of the hens from tractor supply at the same time as chicks, all of the hens are red sex link. I could easily get another hen to keep her company.... getting more hens, great! Thank you ten chicks! cafarmgirl- thank you the cycle hasnt continued thankfully, but I will try removing the...
Thanks Judy,
There is one problem with your advice unfortunatly-all of them are pecking her. I've looked online some more and found many people saying that crating her in a dog cage and putting her in the coop works, so right now i'm trying that...
Thank you!!!!!
Help!
I have 5 Hens now and I came back from vacation yesterday to one of my hens, Quibbler, being bullied... I knew one of my hens had died while we were gone due to disease, would that have anything to do with it? she hasnt been getting food, so i have been giving it to her.
The last 2...