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Can I do anything for the chick? What should I do? It is still breathing! So normally I let my hens raise their chicks but when I came home from school (about 15 minutes ago) and checked on the chicks I found 7 of the chicks pecking at this baby. I'm not sure if this is because the babies who...

My apologies as i haven't been on this forum for ages. I've been trying to focus on my studies and assessment work but i need you help. It's Priscilla, yes this chicken seems to cope all the bad stuff dog attacks, getting almost drowned in a swamp etc.. Right now i pretty sure my little bub is...

LL HELP APPRECIATED! So two days ago, my family and I noticed a HUGE mite/lice type problem. BAM! Suddenly the ground and chickens :( are covered in little brown crawly bugs. I mean I had this problem before but it was so small, I sprayed the coop and chickens in live and pest spray and they...

Yesterday I was renevating the chook coop. After I finished I came up stairs and noticed brown bugs running all over me, obviously small. I flicked and squashed some but when I could see heaps running on me, and occasionally biting me, I scrubbed my self in the shower. They were gone. I then was...

Yesterday after school I came home at about 5:00 pm to discover my chickens have gotten out of the pen. I called my chickens and 3 came to me. I couldn't find my naked neck hen, I searched the yard, and feared that she had drowned in the swamp. At about 5:45 I saw her trying to get to the...

First of all I'm so if I posted this in the wrong section, but I thought that this looked like the appropriate section. Anyhow, my mum wants to know how we can tell if our hens eggs are fertile eggs. I tried to explain it to her but she wants an expert telling her. We have 3 hens and one...

Omelette my frizzle rooster, has been on his own for a day. My aunt was going to get me a few hens and chicks, but at the last minute she couldn't. Tomorrow, i am going to pick up 3 young bantam hens in a hope they will make perfect companions for my lonely buddy. 2 of the are pekins and one is...

Please share you scary chicken stories here, because we have all had a rooster run at us and that evil broody hen attack us! My story: I'd like to introduce you to a 'friend' of mine. He is a 12 week old bantam rooster, who is freaking scary! Now bantams are small, tiny compared to other...

So our family has 2 pet brown Chinese geese. They are very friendly towards our family and the dog, anyone else is just evil in their eyes, including the harmless chickens. Our family is getting chickens of our own in a month. Right now for the past few weeks we have been looking after our...

So finally, my dad has caved into me and my mum nagging and whinnying about getting some chooks. The only problem is we have to build the coop. We are getting the chooks in about a month. 1 rooster and a hen on some eggs (both frizzles) after the chicks have hatched and grown up we will sell the...

Hello all you chicken lovers! I'm not too sure what i should say.........but i love chooks they are just so funny and fascinating to watch. I haven't got chooks yet (if you don't count the 9 i always seem to look after) but am getting a few at Christmas. I have picked out a rooster a frizzle...