My first time raising chickens, I have 18 healthy beautiful birds. Do I have to "dust" or treat them on a regular basis? They all seem happy, the pullets are now laying eggs and my two roos are healthy and happy as well. I have picked up a couple of the Buffs to inspect and have seen no...
I have a five week old supposed to be pullet, that is "crowing" but no noise comes out? It is really strange, he makes the action with his mouth and neck, but not a sound???? is that strange?
Well I am not sure if adding the third feeding station helped or if they were just working out the P Order... all seems much improved! I am so relieved:)
So sad, I worked in the veterinary industry for 11 years.... I could break your heart with the stories. Not so surprising when you see that people can't even be decent to other people, ya know? I grew up raising cattle and hogs, I understand the circle of life for a food animal, and I am no...
I wanted all hens, maybe one STD (standard size) roo (if he is nice) to watch out for pastured hens....... I think I ended up with at least two roos, but they are only four weeks old. Is it too early to tell? The two suspects if you will, have much larger combs than the others, and seem a tad...
Well I joined this forum hoping to get some help........maybe I will try another. Set up a third feeding station and that seemed to have helped some, will take it day by day unless I get some good suggestions or see blood;)
hello out there, I am a new "Chicken Mama", my family having decided to try raising hens for eggs. We have had the chicks for about a month, all is well other than a little pasty butt to deal with the first couple days. We have really enjoyed our experience so far, and I want it to stay that...