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People with a sick chicken in pain that want to end the life without further pain are probably not interested in eating the chicken. In the other topic about euthanising a chicken someone mentioned gassing in an airtight box. If @Maiahr wants to eat the chicken I think its fine to kill the...

Yes. Ini Mini and Black were/are perfect mothers but the younger ones not so. Pearl is almost perfect but a bit skittish and Tintin became a bit skittish too. It seems the chicks learn to be afraid according to the behaviour of the mother. Janice is a very skittish hen and was too protective...

@Rare Did you ever lay 4-6 fake eggs in the nestbox in April or May where you want a hen to sit? Works well for me when I want one to become broody.

most of us like to vent our feelings or worries from time to time. No harm in that. Its good to share. 💙

Did you try the fake egg trick to stimulate broodiness?

What month? Never heard chickens prefer to go broody after the warm summer months. But it’s possible the hens know (knew) that there is more food available in Armenia in late summer than in spring? I read something similar (opposite) from a desert region.

Last week: Ini mini, Janice and Kraai. Katrientje no longer cares for Tintin. Black is nice to him. Today: Tintin and his stil caring momma Pearl. This is the first time I try to keep a cockerel in a separate and dark cage with a his own automatic door. A little bit further away from the...

I need to control the dB in the morning (before 8.30 and 9.30 in the weekends). Therefore I gave away all my cockerels until now. This is the first time I try to keep a cockerel in a separate and dark cage with a his own automatic door. A little bit further away from the people who get annoyed...

Watch ! a trailer of Haris in a Netflix series. 🐣🤣🤪

Clever thinking. You should be an important politician /gov advisor instead of retiring. Good idea to live a life away from the stupid people in this world and only relate to a few hermits, chickens 🐓 and wild pigs 🐷. Maybe one day I buy a property somewhere at the edge of the world to follow...

Thanks for the explanation and the link . And good to hear you have high hopes. Or within their bodies? It’s decreasing rapidly in my country. Several wise politicians stopped after the last term because of harassments and personal threats. Stupid narcissistic /populist politicians came in...

The earliest crower I ever had was about 14 weeks old. I had 5 different bantams breeds / about 17 cockerels from hatchery eggs over the past 10 years. About ⅔ left before they started to crow. 2 stayed long enough to fertilise some eggs. Unfortunately the ones I kept, all became too loud and...

Sorry for Lilly and Piou-piou, your sick chickens. :hugs:hugs:fl:fl Imho it’s not good you /the vet give her antibiotics for the third time this year. I wouldn’t for sure. A chicken that had so much antibiotics has an imbalanced health (imbalanced bacteria) and is vulnerable for new diseases...

“iiieeeuk! Oh, it's you. If you pull this trick again, I'll bite your udders, you stupid cow! “

I have small bantams. Dutch look a likes but too heavy for show quality. These chickens are an old breed and lay reasonably well. Maybe 150 small eggs a year for 5 years. They don’t lay in winter. The period they don’t lay is longer every year. My 10 year old still lays an occasional egg in...

Better start a new thread with this question. I would pick a coop from the article section here with a good description/plan. Say what your plans are (number of chickens, breed) where you live (climate). Is there much wildlife/ or do you have free range plans? How much space you have. My hens...

A concrete floor with a roof is not what I have. I can't give any advice on this. for 2 reasons. I have a more natural run : -> The chickens have something scratch for. The sand is alive/ not natural and hardly needs cleaning. My run is netted (cat net) and I only clean the run, in very dry...

I didn't know wether to give an ℹ️❤️ or ☹️ on this comment. But I do believe the commercial chickens like broilers and also (a bit less ) the laying hybrids they use in factory farming are men-kind created monsters. Men/farmers/hatcheries did create monsters for max profit. The male (laying...

Just thinking out loud (no experience) but maybe its a good idea to take the 4 weeks old outside and keep the two weeks old inside on cold days for a another week or 2.

We named him Tintin. And he’s much bigger now.