Good point. We live in North Dakota and we have tons of skunks, coyotes, dogs, and not that many raccoons that are in Missouri. She just sold her lama and alpaca last week. There were times that the alpaca would have blood on its muzzle in the morning with no scrapes or cuts. I told her not to...
A friend of mine about 1/2 mile from me had 50 plus chickens a couple of days ago and now she has 12. She said she still has the 3 blasted roosters... She said there is no evidence other than one wing and she cannot tell where they are getting in. Now her fence is not that secure so who knows...
The chicks in the front piped through that layer of membrane or what ever it is called. I just went out to the trash can and further checked. Their yolk sacks were all absorbed but the hole where the yolk is attached was not completely sealed up.,,, The ones in the back were not fully formed or...
3 chicks hatched out of 15 eggs that went into lockdown!!! Two are roosters and one came out with two messed up legs. Think something is wrong with the joints. So out of the three I have two roosters... The way it is looking I might have go go the store to buy chicks to replace my older hens for...
2 chicks are hatched out of 15 and one died more to do something. They are very slimy when they hatch out. What makes it that a chick pips and starts to zip about an inch then dies? Nothing in its mouth or anything. Not too dry nor wet. It had enough slimy stuff to move but not enough to die...
I let my chickens out in the garden before I plant and after I till. Then I let them out after the seedlings are tall enough to withstand a chicken scratch.
Got a question. I just had two broody hens hatch out chicks which I seperated to make equal. You know the new fad that everything must be equal so no person gets their feelings hurt... Any way I put them in my brooder and put a divider in it so each hen gets some needed room and the chicks being...