I have 47 week old chickens I need to add to the coop… I have tried to add them in the past Week… By putting a kennel inside the run and keeping them visible but separated… Today I tried to let them all join together… One hen is very aggressive with them... so I put them back in the kennel... I...
I HAVE A ONE AND A HALF YEAR OLD SILKIE ROO THAT GOT ATTACKED BY A HAWK YESTERDAY WHILE FREE RANGING. I WAS IN THE FRONT YARD WHILE THEY WERE IN THE BACK AND I HEARD THE ROO’s EMERGENCY CALL... MY HUSBAND AND I RAN TO THE BACK AND MY ROO WAS FIGHTING OFF THE HAWK BY THE TIME WE GOT THE HAEK...
I have 14 broilers, 6 of them my children will auction off for 4-h, the others we will process... they are in a 10x12' pen in our garage... they are pooping machines... we clean the coop about 2tes a week but it seems endless to keep it clean... any suggestions? We use pine chip our garage is...
I bought a pullet from tractor supply company… Actually four of them… I noticed right away that one of them had waddles and combs sooner than the rest… Eight weeks later... she actually Cockle doodle doo'd this morning???? I'm pretty sure she is a rooster lol:eek: Is it possible for hens to crow?
This year my kids are doing there very first broiler project for 4H. They are very different from raising layers. We recently moved them to the garage where it's warm and have a bigger brooder as we have 14 of them ( one died the day we got them we originally had 15) so for the pen we have to...
So I have had my baby chick silkies (2 silkies I bout from a breeder) for about three weeks, they are still small, they one has always been smaller than the other and are the only two in the brooder, yesterday I noticed a little blood in one of the chicks poo, and today too, they are acting very...
My Holstein ages 9 and 12, are ding the first broiler project our family has done. We received our chicks about a week ago, they are currently gaining 6oz a week, some more than that. Since this is our first project ( we only have show chickens and layers at home currently) I was wondering a few...
i have a few silkie hens, and a few silkie chicks I bought from a local Breeder, not sure if I can put the chicks in the coop with the hens? Will they be ok? Warm enough at night? The hen is just under a year old.... any thoughts would be appreciated :)