So a few months ago my niece hatched some eggs at school and was given about 13 baby chicks. The bad thing is half of them are roos. We want to raise them til they are fully grown and sell them. But we don't want them messing with the girls so we are planning on putting them all together in one...
One of my young hens died yesterday randomly. But I didn't know how or why it died but today I looked at my other hens and roos and they got a little tiny bugs crawling around their skin and feathers. How do you get rid of it?
When I went out today to give treatment to all my young hens and roos I found one that before showed no symptoms of the disease MG unlike my other chickens that have the symptoms. But, it looks like it just up and died. No bite marks no bleeding no signs of death. My only predictions are it died...
I have 2 pilgrim geese and some of my chickens have started getting MG. But they are in a pen and my geese are free-run so they just go anywhere they want to in the yard. But, they can't get into the pen with my sick chickens. So, I don't want my geese getting it too should I keep them away from...
I think that it is a leghorn rooster but I'm so sure because I've never owned any chickens from the leghorn breed. Sorry for the how bad the quality of the first pic is.
Also what breed is this one too because I've never seen a chicken like this one before. Is it a mixed breed?
I've had chickens for more than 4 years and I never had any problems of MG (heck I just learned about it a few months ago). My young hens and cockerels I've been raising have had no problems since I've had them but suddenly an outbreak of MG occurred and its affecting them one by one. This never...
I bought a young adult rooster from my local feed store and I've put him with 4 hens for I can hatch my own babies instead of buying them from stores online or locally but ever since we got him he hasn't fertilized any of the eggs I get from the coop.
What do I do if I bought a adult rooster for $15 from the feed store? Do I just put him with the hens at night or should I keep him in a separate pen where the hens can see him for a few days before putting them together?
Earlier today my mom found a blue jay egg right outside our chicken coop door we put it in a incubator just in case it is still alive. Anything else that we should do?
I've recently been interested in breeding my own chickens instead of buying them. Could anybody help me figure what you need to breed your own chickens?
Me and my Dad are looking to get new exotic types of chickens and we want to make sure that they can live in a hot environment like Florida. Do you any of you guys know some chickens that would be easy to raise in this kind of environment.