So unfortunately a fox got the little one . I am raising the chickens with someone else and he left the little rooster out for a bit and it did not go well. I had asked him not to leave them unattended. As for Maple, my red sexlink she is hanging in there. She is eating. She is somewhat docile...
hi I have 2 sick chickens. One is respiratory for sure other I don’t know. Black silkie has respiratory issues he is wheezy his crow sounds horrible and a snotty nose He is eating drinking and still running around The red sex link has a pale droopy comb and she’s more lethargic I know...
Hi. I got my flock from someone who needs to get rid of them on Sunday night. I emptied the entire coop Monday morning wiped everything down and put pine shavings in previously had a lot of straw My silkie roosters has crusty stuff on his nose. If you hold him you can hear wheezing when he...
Wow. Thank you. I watched a You-tube video on how to make chicken feed. I questioned some of what she was saying. She clearly said oyster helped them break down food and explained what the gizzard does. This contradicted other things I had read. Glad I asked. Will chickens eat more oyster or...
any idea about how old these two are? I think they are siblings. The Black one had a weak funny crow today. Was cut. The gray one is being picked on some. Especially by another small rooster, that or he is trying to mate with her.... which brings me to another question. If he does fertilize an...
So I have a flock of 12, all under two years old. 3 roosters. One is still on the younger side, a Silkie. And the rest are hens all but one egg laying (one is a younger silkie).
I bought some “treat food” today. Sunflower seed, dried blood worms and scratch/corn I believe. I just got them...
I figured the stress would effect production. Can I put chicken wire underneath the prefab run? I need to make sure nothing can get under for now. I would put straw on top of the chicken wire. What do you think?
Thank you. So there were some minor things I noticed. The coop is temporary. We plan to build a small shed this summer. We have a a 10 x 10 dog we are adding on for now. The goal we be to free range during the day. He said they put themselves to bed at night. Wish me luck.
Hi. I am going to look at a prefab coop 8 chicken and 2 roosters. Sounds like he got them young. Only had for about 5 or 6 months already laying eggs. He did not investigate rule very well and is not allowed to have them and needs to get rid of them. I am still very new to this. Any pointers...
Wow. Thanks for the info. I am excited to learn more. Hoping an uncle can go with me he has experience. Anything else I should look for, red flags before I buy? They say they get 5 or 6 eggs a day from 8 hens. Here is the picture of the rooster.