Help! My chicken, Lavender, is struggling after her "mother" and "best-friend" died.
Lavender is a silkie hen, about 1 to 1 1/2 years old, laying frequently (every day).
We had an ill Rhode Island Red hen that was her "carer" in a way - they were always together. She got an impacted crop and...
IMG_9409 by johncampanelli posted Aug 2, 2017 at 10:00 PM
Earlier this summer -- in the middle of the day! -- a fox came into my back yard (in a suburb), bull-rushed my chicken run and killed two of my three girls.
My third hen, Goldie, was carried a few 100 yards by the fox, and as a neighbor...
my 2 week old duck clyde lost his duck friends. he litteraly screams when we walk away or leave him alone. i have him inside right now, i either carry him around in a box or he follows me. i dont know what to do, my husband and i work. i dont want to get rid of him. we cant afford more...
I have a friend with one chicken. She wants to introduce another chicken so she won't be lonely.
Will they fight? Should the new one be slightly younger? Maybe add two from another flock so there won't be an established pecking order?