4 year chicken keeper here but first time goose owner, and I have a bit of a dilemma if anyone has suggestions. My goslings are making a mess of their brooder every night by draining all of their water out, and I am having to scoop out sopping wet bedding and bathe 3 gnarly smelling geese every...
I have a small flock; 2 Rhode Island Red hens, one Silkie hen and one Silkie rooster and they all live together. The Silkies have been mating for a while and now I have 2 Silkie eggs in the nest box. My question is do I need to separate the Silkies in order for them to try raising chicks (if...
Yesterday our neighbor's dog got loose and managed to break the bottom of a 6'+ high chain link fence to get at our chickens. Out of 10 birds, 5 were killed instantly and 3 injured to the point that we had to put them down. I have only 2 hens left. They were hand-raised from chicks and...