Hello! I’m raising my baby chicks with a mother hen. Am I supposed to be feeding the mother different feed than the babies’ starter feed? Are their nutritional needs different? I don’t want the mom to have any nutritional deficiencies especially since she got so frail while sitting on her eggs...
I posted earlier about Miss Red, our 23 week old Road Island Red. She is really, really struggling to stand and falls over if she gets her feet under her. Sometimes she can get a few steps. This has been slowly worsening over the last week. She has lost some weight. I do believe she had some...
Hello! I’m still kinda new at this. I got 7 hens in July and they are now 23 weeks old. It’s been an interesting and fun ride!
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? I currently have 6…sadly we lost one a little over a week ago to an u known illness.
(3) What breeds do you have? 2 Road...
What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Road Island Red, 22 weeks old, slowly losing weight
2) What is the behavior, exactly. Red has been slowly losing weight despite eating and drinking normally. 2 days ago I noticed her...