We're moving or rather have been moving over the last month. We set up a new coop on the new homestead and moved our chicken. However one of our newer hatchlings (12 week old) escaped. We left food and water and a trap ....she won't touch it. To make matters worse she's made herself part of a...
Yesterday my husband went to go feed the chicken and noticed a large amount of blood all over the coop. It was still closed from the night. So he gives the chickens a once over and found one of our hens with an open cavity in her back end. You could literally see right through her missing butt...
Ok so my is free range, highly self-sufficient, they even put themselves to bed! So I had 2 hens go broody 2 weeks apart birda and Jo.
Birda hatched her babies 6 days ago. Jo is still being patient.
Our rooster Moe is very nice and gentle helps the chicks eat and watches birda and babes, warns...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Yes I'm new to raising chickens. We got a rooster and 2 hens in June this year (2021) in August we added 4 more chick and a quail to the flock.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
Currently 11 with 30 hatching eggs due in a...