Search results for query: *

Update we had the chicks hatch, we now have 5 new babies and they are really colorful

I believe they are, she's been kept in a community with 2 other hens and 3 roosters.

She's currently sitting on 8 eggs and 1 golfball

One of my hens has started to sit on the eggs. This is now the 2nd day that she won't leave the nest except to do her business. I dont want to move her as she seems comfortable but im worried because 1 she is a leghorn (not supposed to be broody) and 2 its October (winter is approaching) I have...

Raise the feeder off the ground, then get a few of the ants and drown them, give them to the chickens as treats so they get a taste for them. After that you dont ever have to worry

My info came from a book series, everything you need to know to live off the land. It has basically all you could ever want to know. There's also the companion, to survive in the wild, and to plant a garden

I can give yall a comprehensive list of materials that most commercial growers go by to feed their chickens Per 100lbs Corn meal 60lbs. (energy grain) Wheat middlings 15lbs (energy) Soybean meal 8lbs. (protein) Fish meal 3.75lbs. (fats) Bone meal 1lb. (cal, fat,pro) dried milk 3lbs...

Came home today and my dog was going berserk. I have trained her not to think of chickens as food but she loves to play with anything fluffy. She led me to my only RIR hen petrified with fear next to my garden, I new my dog tried to play with her when she got out of the run and bit her. After...

So as part of my experimental farm I have been researching about how rock dust improves soil and mineral content. So instead of buying a bag of rock dust I went to my local hardware store and instead bought a bag of red lava rock. Now these rocks where to big so I used a sledge hammer and broke...

The predators only attacked when they were out of the run free ranging. since then the roosters have matured and been very protective of the others, almost like a chicken army convoy. Even saw the largest rooster, Arsenal, actually took down one of the hawks that tried.

I have 4 Plymouth rocks, 1 Rhode island red, 1 white leghorn, 1 buff orpington

Wild bird seed, insects, anything small and most that can fit in the birds beak will do. Mix the chicken mash in some water and feed it through a dropper.

My name is Thomas and I currently live in Summerville sc. I have just started a small experimental farm at my parents house to go along with my college studies. I have started out with 16 chick this spring but do to predation, and one very hurt rooster, I am down to just 7. My girlfriend decided...

What breed of bird is it. If it is a flying wild bird then you have only 2 options, take care of it till it cam fly on its own, or let her be and pass on. If you feed her once then you have to take care of the baby bird till she is strong enough to fly and leave the nest. Its cruel but there...

The chickens dont like going out of there run past noon. I let them out in the morning then they all come back in and refuse to move in the afternoon. I've started growing more shading trees around the run for extra shade. Thanks for the advice

What's the breed of your old hens, the new hens, and the ones that are dieing. Are the new hens dieing at the same rate as your old flock, are you separating them now to prevent further contamination. Unfortunately there can be multitudes of reason for any animal to start suddenly dieing off...

I have this gorgeous Rhode island hen that I have raised from a chick, but lately something's been bothering me. when I go out to check on my chickens she always has her beak wide open and im not sure if it's the heat or something else. I love in Summerville sc, and lately there have been a...