Being new to raising chickens and not knowing about this site I put 2-3 week old chicks out in my coop with birds that were about 4 months old and luckily I had no disasters. I put them in at night and they didn't care about the baby chicks at all(they sometimes chased them back to their...
Well the stuff attached has been cut off a few cm away from the bird, she got stuck to the towel and i made a choice to free her. She is able to stand but still seems weak, no interest in the water or food. Crossing my fingers as she is a black australorp the only one that has made it this far.
I am new to incubating and I have lost the first 3 and my last has hatched by herself but she has some goopy stuff attached to her belly, not sure if this is normal or a very bad sign. It is yellow and mucus like.
I have a broody bantam frizzle that should be hatching her eggs soon (3 days), the temp here is just below freezing to a couple degrees above. Should I remove the babies as soon as they hatch and bring them inside or will she keep them warm enough?
Of the three roosters I had they all started crowing/making a weird squacking noise by three months. I am new to this as well but the three roos I had were very loud and unmistakable. My hens make sweet little noise unless they are being bothered. My roosters were crowing at all hours (Couple...
I have just started raising chickens this year but some of my hens do look like this and are female(I had 3 roosters and they quickly began squawking and becoming a noise nuisance)
The black one is this picture is Eve and she has waddles but is most defiantly a girl. Once they hit 5 - 6 months...
Hi Bre,
I have 16 chickens, 7 are specled sussex, 2 are frizzles, 2 are bantums, and 4 producer reds and one barred rock. What kind of chickens do you have?
Carolyn