Should I do the wound care even if the scabs are rock hard and intact? I’m almost worried about softening them because they seem like they have formed a thick barrier on her wounds. She does meander around the yard with the other hens. And she was up and walking about when I got home. I thought...
Well, I was away from my small flock for 2 weeks and had a pet sitter come feed them daily. When I returned, I noticed one hen’s beak looked slightly crooked and she was unable to close it flush. I brought her inside and noticed a little scab on the corner and a large lump inside the mouth on...
The hen is best mama for sure ! I didn’t have to do a thing for the babies she even introduced them to the flock at 3 weeks and kicked every chickens butt who wanted to mess with them!
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I am going to check out RobertPlamondon’s sources that he sited. I stopped believing everything I read on websites and especially on the back of products when I watched my broody hen hatch and raise her own chicks. I realized that all the precautions we are told to take with chicks, mama hen...
Awesome, thank you all! Question: how can you all tell the brown and black one is a roo so easily? I suspected it by its demeanor but wasn’t sure. It’s aggressive already. The black one is docile and sweet but I definitely heard an attempt at a crow today from someone back there in the yard...
Hey everyone! Any ideas on the gender or breed of these babes. I got the fertilized eggs from a farmer and let my broody hen hatch them back in May. One egg was brown and one was green. Not sure who came out of what...