I'm hoping someone can help me because I'm not sure what to do. Last night something got into my coop and killed 10 of my birds. Most of them were decapitated and just left there except one that was dragged behind a box. I checked the coop and found no large holes so I think its something small...
Update on the baby chick. Sorry for the wait I got busy with school. The chick now named Cookie is doing amazing she walks fine now and has little to no issues. I ended up getting her a little ameraucana friend who is very protective of her its adorable. Thank you to everyone who gave advice.
hopefully the picture shows up ok first time posting from my phone. I got her legs bandaged np lucky I had some vetrap left over from the last time my rooster thought he was a daredevil lol she's doing a lot better she's such a little fighter
I think she has splayed leg the pictures from the site look exactly like what she's doing only she's not as bad thank goodness I'm going to pick up some stuff at the TSC for her now. Her toes are straight its her legs that she seems to have problems with like she can't keep them under her i'm...
I need advice on how to care for this baby chick. She was abandoned on my doorstep and something is up with her legs she has like a penguin walk as my dad calls it. I was going to put her in with one of my mother hens the 1 has 4 babies 2 weeks old the 2nd has three 1 and a half week olds and...
Maybe but Daisy has done this before even before I got chickens she'll just abandon her eggs for no reason after a day or so. The orp Goldie didn't sit on the nest until well after dark Daisy hadn't been near it since about 6am
This may be a dumb question to more experienced chicken owners but this is my first spring with broody hens. A week ago my duck Daisy began nesting but 4 days ago I saw her out in the field and didn't go back to her nest and that night she ignored her nest and slept with the other ducks so I...
Oh he's not doing anything of that nature he just hates ponytails for some reason he's not happy until he's pulled it out. Sometimes if i'm bent down far enough he doesn't even jump on me he just grabs the hair tie and pulls it out
This story is about my white bantam rooster Cloud. He's normally a very sweet little guy until he sees my hair up. For some reason he has something against hair ties ever since he learned to fly he will jump on my back while I'm knelt over filling up the feeder run over to my ponytail and start...
It got a bit wet so I changed it. Their kind of closed at night I put a wire cover on them at night to keep weasels out. It's just the two hens that are sick my other hen and two roosters are fine along with the other birds that are in with them.
No other symptoms. They've been on chick grower. ventilation is good coop has windows I open every day. Yes they have outdoor access their outside every day. Their bedding is straw.
Hi I need some help figuring out what's wrong with my 18 week old silkie hens. They've stopped eating or drinking are sleeping a lot and are very lethargic. There is no unnatural poops or anything so I'm confused as to what could be causing this.
Thank you I was totally shocked by him doing this until now he's been the perfect rooster I'm at the coops everyday and he's never acted like that before
I've owned my rooster Benny for about two years I got him when he was still a baby and he was so gentle and up until recently has always been. About a week ago he came into the coop while I was cleaning and lightly pecked at my hand. Now my hands were covered in straw so I assumed he was pecking...
I was given this little guy as a chick along with 4 others and he was always tiny now their all full grown and he's still tiny so i think he's a bantam i'm just not sure what breed.
He's the little one in the front my girls just had to sneak into the picture i'm not allowed to take a picture...
Thanks for the advice :) I'll be sure to start working with them young I was lucky enough to find ones that were hand raised well as chicks when I bought my adult birds even the rooster lets my sister pet him as long as she doesn't mess up his feathers lol But its important to me to find very...