One of our chicks was hatched 3 days ago with a twisted leg...it is not as a result of injury it is perfect just twisted so that her foot is almost near her wing.There was a thread with a similar issue but there were few responses and the chick ended up dieing :-( but if you take a look at the...
Thank you so much for your responses funky chicken and odelia!We are new to the exciting world of chickens and so far we LOVE it!!! I am an expat living in Morocco where chicken is sold live or is butchered on the spot :-(. So we bought some chickens from one of the many many poultry guys with...
So we have about 20 chickens we rescued from the poultry butcher.We have no idea how old some of them are don't know if they are just beginning the laying process or at the end or if there is a nutritional problem any ideas?
Mama Broody is sitting on some eggs we bought in the Suq(local market) the woman selling them promised they were fertile as she has several Roosters....she was right!!!!
All of our chickens have been rescued from poultry sellers they are generally purchased live and slaughtered on the spot.All of these guys came in with questionable health.We are trying to get them back to a normal state.5-6 have started laying others are in mid molt.We had 1 hen who went broody...
I hope this doesnt double post if it does I am sorry.I am an American living in Morocco with my Moroccan husband.We currently have about 20 hens a rooster 9 pullets and a sad attempt at raising chicks(1 is currently holding on for dear life after 10 of his brothers expired )In addition we have a...
We are raising our chickens the traditional way.No prepackaged feed....no medication.So far our chickens have been rescued from poultry butchers but we have a broody hen and some fertilized eggs so we hope to have our own as well.Anyone homesteading in a country not their own?I am originally...