Recent content by littlestchicken

Getting the chickens planted ready to grow…..🤣 every year these ladies decide a plant pot is the best dirt bath

hello all, so my little beauties turned 14 weeks yesterday and this morning i heard what i can only find on youtube as the egg song from the black marran and light sussex mix. when i went to see what this noise was she was strutting around proud making the noise then stopped and went about her...

This is suzie, they have no restrictions during the day and roam around the whole garage area and outside In the garden now that they are old enough then at night they have around 4 sq ft each for bedtime. She actively seeks out the boys to fight them where as the other two and boys happily...

Hi All, first time chicken mama here and my babies are all 7 weeks old tomorrow, I have two boys and two girls and one I’m not sure if it’s a boy or a girl however, my girl Suzie is constantly fighting with the boys to the point they are drawing blood on each other’s faces, the boys are...

Tuesday chicken age 3 weeks -mix breed

i had this - hold the chick in lukewarm water and as the other poster has said use a q-tip to gentle wipe - if you do nothing the chick will die as it will become impacted and eventually be poisoned by its waste. i had to clean my little one every day sometimes twice a day and after 4 days was...

i have no idea, the lady who gave me the eggs has loads of chickens all different breeds, leghorns, speckled, silkies, bantams, those rusty coloured hens. i will be absolutely gutted if the black one ( pip )is a boy, it constantly follows me and sits on my knee cuddled up, the first one is also...

Hello everyone looking to see if anyone knows what breed mixes my little babies are and if anyone’s got any ideas on the sex of the rest, in fairly certain Tuesday is a boy ( the one with the red comb) they will be 5 weeks old on Saturday. I got 6 eggs and 5 hatched all totally different I know...

Thanks everyone I will try your advice my heart breaks for her I really hope she can overcome this she’s such a sweet little thing ☺️

Hi Everyone, i hatched my first chickens two weeks ago today - 5 out of 6 eggs hatched - great! so the second born had a huge amount of the yolk sac attached to her, this dried out and she seemed fine, eating and drinking and investigating etc. 3 days later she seemed poorly not taking part...