I bought 4 chicks for my hen who has been broody for the last 6 weeks. She was great for the first week - only leaving them for 15 minutes, 2 or 3 times today. But for the last couple of days she has left them for an or more hour several times during the day. The chicks run around the chicken...
Does anyone know what is in my chicken's poop? I'm not sure which of my girls it belongs to - but I also have a hen who stopped laying. Perhaps it's hers...
My chickens have resumed their regular laying now that spring is coming. However, my Wheaten Maren is not laying and this is coming out of her vent. Looks like an unformed egg. I feed my girls Kalmbach Organic which contains calcium and vitamin D. I also give them crushed eggshells. Does...
One of my hens - or maybe more than one - is having watery poop. If it is the hen I believe it is, she has also stopped laying. I bought some Wormer Plus online, but didn't realize that it's not meant to be used for food producing animals. Would it be okay to use the dewormer, but not eat the...
I'm wondering about the gender of my silkie - Cream Puff. S/he was born in February - not a sweet, docile bird at all - the most territorial and pecky of my little flock. Anyone have an idea if I have a boy or a girl? Thanks!
I have 5 chicks in the brooder box - 2 of them are about 10 days older than the others. They are quite a bit bigger and seem more than ready to go into the coop. The bigger ones are almost 7 weeks old. I'm wondering if there will be any problems if I put those two into the coop this week and...