I had 25 chickens but in past few weeks my flock is down to 19. Seems like I am loosing about 1 chicken a week. I added medicine in water, also gave them Tylon shots but dont really know what is causing them to die.
I have 16 chicken and 4 roosters, all in same coop and run. How would I know if my chicken is broody? Also I am planning to leave the eggs in coop so whenever one of them become broody, they know what to do with those eggs. Any suggestions?
I been buying feed from local store and it costs me about $27 each time and usually I buy it twice in a month. Its 1 bag of pallets and 1 bag of 5 way. Just curious if there is any cheaper way of getting this feed?
I am not quiet sure but I had a 2 years old barred rock rooster, he was almost 6 lbs and just a big boy. Since it snow in our area, I decided to gave him some Dylan but as soon as I gave him medicine, he had trouble walking and once he got into cage, he fall down, shook for couple of minutes and...
I just got some chicken from Mr Countryman yesterday and so excited to have my own little backyard farm. This is my second go around since I had chicken few years ago and then I had to give them up because of lack of time but this time I am much more prepared and have a better understanding.