I bought one of those for one of my ladies. Thought would be bigger because of the # of chickens it should hold. She fits nicely by herself. I put her in a larger run during the day with a couple other birds and put her back to sleep by herself at night. After two years I had to replace the...
I agree. Give the little dude a chance. He may turn out to be one of your favorites. I love my little dudes. Sweet boys and awesome with the ladies. I have had a couple of stinkers that didn't last long, but overall more lovers than fighters.
Is he/she in a brooder? Maybe put some sticks of different sizes that they can easily step over, but big enough they can use as leverage to right themselves. I jumble them up so that the sticks are over/under each other.
I had a dead poult on its back in the brooder with no visible illness or...
Thanks for the link. I just ordered testing supplies.
I got on this thread looking for answers to the same questions as the original poster. With one additional. Has anyone ever raised chicks or had an exposed chicken ever raise her own chicks again after an outbreak?
Long story short, one...
One does. P. Diddy. She comes to "P Diddy" "P-McGee" "P," "Peanut" and other variations. The others only comes to "ladies" (even the rooster) but they all have names. They are pets that happen to lay eggs.
Like the other posters, I have a theme (mine is singers/rappers), but have varied that...
I have had a small flock of 6 hens for past year and a half. One went broody this spring and I got her some chicks to raise. How fun, right?! Well, I ended up with a roo that is turning into being a generally sweet bird and at about 5 months old now has all the other chickens (five of the...