My broody hen hatched some chicks yesterday morning. One of the other hens tried to “steal” the babies by pecking them to try and get them under herinstead of the mom. I put the offending hen in solitary until she calmed down (she’s now back to ignoring the chicks), but one of the babies was...
I recently rescued 6 egg layers from a large scale farm that were going to be destroyed due to egg demand shortages caused by the illness that shares a name with an alcoholic beverage. I don't know the breed, but I know they are roughly 2 years old and have floppy combs. One of them has a...
So it has been officially a year since we found Mowgli. Mowgli was found in a large bin of other chicks and stood out the second I saw her. Mowgli was born without eyes.
So a year almost to the week my wife happened to stumbled apon another chick this time a Leghorn whom was too born without...