It is my first time introducing new birds to an existing flock but I felt prepared after reading and reading everyone's great advice. We had 3, 2 year old hens of mixed breeds. They were raised from chicks. We got 3 new chicks, raised them in from a couple days old. Waited until 8 weeks to...
HELP! I have a flock of 5 that we have raised from chicks - together always. There is clearly a pecking order but lately, our sweet SL Wyandotte is pulling feathers out of our Ameraucana's neck area. And seems really aggressive towards her. I noticed today that the others are showing more...
Thanks! She is on the medicated chick food from the breeder/place we bought her was a grain store. So that's why they don't think we can have coxy. But I'm totally new at this - only know what I read in books and wonderful forums like this! She is a bit bigger breed than our wyadottes and...
Lady Bird is a month old! She was a brut with the other chicks - always having fun and appeared to be a flock leader. She's an Americauna and a few days ago, became much less active. She eats and drinks fine. Her poop ranging from normal chick poop to water, mucus-like. She goes short...