She was fine until my husband culled the others. I’m in Utah. It’s been 70s-80s. The whole run is shaded. I don’t let them out when there’s not shade in the yard. 5 down to 2 definitely is a change 😞 not one we saw coming either.
I figured it introductions will have to be on hold for a while...
My husband had to cull a few chickens today unfortunately. We tried to separate the hens we were keeping from the others. One of my chickens - little foot- is very hard to catch. I couldn’t get her separated so she saw everything. One of the chickens that’s now gone was her best friend. Little...
I found her attacking another chicken today so she’s gone. I’ve never seen she display this behavior before so idk what changed for her but it was literally overnight
Do you have an advice for keeping the mixing somewhat friendly? I was letting the chicks out in the in the run while the older hens were out free roaming. One of the older hens ran in before I could close the door and was really attacking the chicks and would not stop even with me trying to get...
I have a few questions:
First, I currently have 5 older chickens in my flock. I also have 8 chicks that are 7–8 weeks old that I’d like to integrate. They’ve been in the chicken run in a separate pen (safe but visible to the older birds) for about 2 weeks. How much longer do I need to wait...
I have 2 silkies- about 5 weeks old. I really don’t want to get attached if one is a rooster. I came across the silkie lab. Any opinions of this site? I was planning on doing a blood sample.
Also what’s the earliest you’d be able to sex a silkie by looking at it? I’ve read sometimes it takes...
Hi everyone! I have currently have 18 chickens. My go to has been Facebook groups but I feel like there is much accurate or helpful info given. If you’re even able to get some to answer posts.ive been browsing this forum for a few weeks now. I have enjoyed reading the post more than on FB so I...