Hi! This is my first post, as I am a new chicken mom. I got all four of my chickens from a farm animal sanctuary, and all came from abuse/neglect cases. I got a Golden Comet/Red Star and a Rhode Island Red about a month ago, and last weekend I went back and got another Golden Comet and a Barred...
So I'm wanting to hatch out eggs next spring from my hens, I have 3 that are going to be 3 years old, 10 hens that are gonna be 2 and 2 hens that are gonna be 1 1/2.
My questions
How fertile will they be?
Would I have to give them high-quality feed prior to collecting eggs?
What would be...
Hi all,
I have 6 chicks and one of them is a little smaller than the others. She is getting pecked a lot and has a lot of stress. She has been having pasty butt off and on. I moved her to a different bin with a different heat source. She of course has food and water. Wood chips are on the...
Hi all,
I just got some fecal results back from a lab and one hen had a coccidia count of 60 - I’m wondering what this means and if I should even treat, because some of what I’m reading online says adult chickens often have some coccidia eggs in their system.
This is a Rhode Island Red who is...