Hi I am trying to set up a small poultry farm to sell poultry products in my neighborhood. I grow native country chickens there are totally 50 of them including hens and roosters. They are 8 months old and some of they have begun laying eggs. Can someone give me tips to reduce dependence...
I feed them with government sold poultry layer feed with extra crushed egg shells, spinach and kitchen scrapes as treats.I also have 20 4 month old chicks in the same place. Could it have been the young ones who had broken the eggs?
I have 4, 1and 1/2 year old hens which are laying eggs for the last 1 year but suddenly 2 days before when i went to collect eggsi found one of the hen eating raw egg which happened the next day also leaving remains of shell alone what should I do to prevent this behaviour?
I have 24 country chickens in my deep litter farm out of them 3 are 1 and half year olds others are 4 month olds the big ones are always trying to chase away the young by pecking aggresively from food or they are pecking without any reason can anyone suggest some tips to stop this please?
There is a drain for the water and there is also a cave like space for 30 hens but the problem is that I fear if they would get wet and become diseased if storm comes. I tried using plastic tarps during last storm but it got torn in half.
I am from India which has a hot and humid climate with seasonal cyclones. We were even affected by the recent Nivar storm with wind speed of 110kmph. The major flaw in my new coop is that rain is pouring from the sides where I used steel nets.
This is my new 200 sq feet terrace deep litter poultry farm which is completely caged for my chickens but the problem is that i can't find any way to protect it from rain can anyone please send some ways to prevent rain from entering.
I bought 10 new 3 day old chick from government run poultry store but one among it is standing at the same place with its eyes closed for 2 hours I am really worried about this chick. What should I do?
Note: It is a mixed breed country chicken.
This is my 2 day old chick but she seems to have problem with walking as her umbilical cord appears to be wrapped around her left thigh which makes her to limp while walking.What should I do? Should I try to remove it or leave it as it is.
Please answer quickly.
This chick is trying since yesterday morning to hatch it's body at places where shell is broken appears to be dry. What should I do? Thank you for your answes in advance