So I have a smallish silkie hen and my other bantams attack to the point of blood and it is horrific. I want to move her to my other flock but they are big birds with the cockerel being quite big, he's a La Poule Noire D'Alsace. Would he squish her when mating? What should I do really? Thanks...
His stools look healthy and he didn't seem lethargic. It is quite hard to tell with him because he has always been a cockeral that likes to doze off in the sunshine. He is about 6 I think. Thank you so much for you ideas!!
I have a beautiful polish bantam cockeral but recently he has started to lose weight and he isn't crowing (to my knowledge) is there anything i can do to help him? I've tried feeding him more. Should I separate him from the rest of the flock? What should I do? I don't want to lose him someone...
I have a silkie hen, she's gone broody twice but both times she couldn't have a chick either time because one of our other hens had just had a chick. She is now very unhappy and either walks around being really noisy and not eating well or sits on the floor at the bottom of the coup and tries to...
Hi thank you so much for replying :) I stayed with the chick for the whole 3 hours it was alive and I was constantly talking to it and trying to keep it's 4 other siblings from harming it. Unfortunately it died in my hands. I did take the lamp off eventually so it wouldn't overheat. After it...
I know that some chicks don't take in all the yolk and then one of the methods is to wrap it in a wet paper towel, it's in a paper towel now but I'm not sure if it will live, and what else I can do. It opens it's eyes occasionally and cheeps. It is still breathing but it has this yellow sac with...