I’m new here and new to the chicken world.
I bought 11 pullets 3 months ago and have been watching them grow and I’m anxiously waiting for eggs.
Today we had our first chicken die. Not sure why so I thought I’d post. Yesterday she started acting lethargic so I isolated her from the rest of the...
Hello all -
I am trying to solve a sad mystery. I received 3 leghorn pullets a couple months ago. I was told that they were all the same age, and when I got them, they were all the same size. One of three did not grow at the rate of the other two - always a bit smaller. Additionally, her comb...
Hi everyone!
I've had chickens for about 5 years, currently have two 5year old RIRs. One of them is a bit of a bully.
I purchased 3 chicks this summer, but 2 died, sadly, of different causes, we think. (I dropped the 2nd one off for necropsy). So now, i have 1 lone aericauna pullet left...
Free range as it perks. But also is dangerous. The Hawks were squaking and then it got quite. I walked into one of our paddocks and found the pick up spot. I rattled the food can to get them all back in before the Dragon returns..
8 months to raise, 8 seconds to lose.. bummer.. :barnie
I went out to feed our chicks this morning (we purchased them back in the middle of May) and one of them was dead. She had no wounds that I could see. This particular chick has a deformity of the beak, which we didn't notice when we purchased her, but it was crooked. The top went one direction...