I wrote yesterday on another post about my young rooster and a hen sitting still and acting sick. They did not appear to have worms, mites and did not have very watery poop. I went to the feed store today and bought some antibiotics, and vitamins. They would not eat or drink so I put some in...
We have a 1 1/2 year old rooster and a hen who are acting differently than the rest of the flock. They are sitting in one spot all days long, their feathers are rustled up around their necks. The rooster has quit crowing and they are lathargic. The appear to be sick and I am worried they have...
Well we have 14 laying hens. They have been laying exactly for one year. A couple of them stopped only to begin again after a cycle of going broody. We had to change the design of the nests because one of the new pullets from the hens that went broody was pooping in the boxes at nite and then...
My Cukoo Maran roo and his harem have managed to hatch some chickies. They all live together with the rest of the chickens in the coop. I did not do any kind of special brooding box. The two hens that went broody are taking great care of the chicks. They chicks are out with the general...
I have two chickens who were sitting on their eggs for 2 weeks or longer. They got locked out of the hen house by accident therefore allowing the eggs to get below temperture. They have been sitting for almost 4 weeks now and it is obvious those eggs are not going to hatch. Should I take...
My Light Brahmas are going broody one by one. One two weeks ago, One last week, another this week, another today. The first one who went broody about two weeks ago had 18 eggs under her today. The other hens are laying their eggs in her box probably on top of her and the eggs are rolling down...
I have a Light Brahma who is sitting on eight eggs. The eggs are from my four different chicken breeds to include, white leghorn, RIR, Buff Orpington and the Light brahma. What should I expect those chickens to look like? Do they turn out to look like mutts or do that take on the roos looks...
Please forgive me for not taking the time to research my questions first. I know you BYC old timers must get tired of answering the same questions, but I just don't have the time this week and I need to know some chicken things regarding going broody. My chickens are one year old now. They...
I found my one year old Cookoo Maran Roo sitting in a hen's nest and clucking. I am wondering if this is something that they do. The hens have all been laying eggs since last Sept. so I doubt he was doing a demo for the girls on the basics of laying an egg. I found it to be strange behavior...
My chickens had their first taste of egg. An egg dropped from the basket when one handedly trying to open the gate. It fell hard so completely broke, and then the chickens moved in for the eats. I am wondering if this is going to give them somekind of new love for the taste and cause them to...
First of all my chickens do not like to be handled by humans. I have Light Brahmas and White Leghorns who are basically grey now cuz they are so dirty from the winter and now mud. I am wondering how to give them a bath. Do they like to get in a tub of water? or do chickens hate water?
I live in a very high eagle populated area and for this reason I cant let my chickens range freely. I am planning on building a chicken tractor and move them to a 1/2 acre lawn area. I am wondering what their poop will do to my lawn. Will it burn the grass. It is a nicely manucured lawn in...
I take eggs to work and sale them because there is only two of us at home and we get a dozen eggs a day. I doctor I work with wanted to know if my chickens were "those corn fed kind". He said it like it was a bad thing or unhealthy thing for human consumption. Although I do feed my chickens...
This is the first Christmas for my chickens and I finally found takers for the fruitcakes I receive every year. The chickens ate it all gone before I even had a chance to leave the coop. Wish they could have chocolate cuz I have 4 trays of cookies, fudge, bars etc that I want gone. I do...
I buy a quality name brand of chicken feed from PetZoo. My neighbor buys the feed sold at Walmart. It is $10.40 per 50 lb sack. It has the amount of protein as the more expensive brand I buy. His chickens are all healthy and laying just as mine are. Some folks say don't use that cheap stuff...
It is below zero weather this week here in Wasilla Alaska and although the chickens are continuing to produce their eggs 12/13 today, some of my eggs are frozen when i get to the coop. I know that I have to make more frequent visits to catch the eggs before they have sat long enuff to freeze...
No matter what I do, my 13 chickens, when they lay, all lay in the same box. We have 5 boxes, the corner box is their favorite. I have tried moving eggs to other boxes, using ping pong balls, making the corner box less comfortable, but they still leave a pile of eggs in the box. Today there...
I always bring the Sweet Potato Souffle to Thanksgiving Dinner, but apparently my daughter has learned to make it better than me, so it was assigned to her this year... Well pardon me!! Anyway, I am stuck with the vegetable casserole this year, and I don't me the greenbean casserole concoction...
Anyone get the flu shot this fall/winter? I did, I work in an emergency room in Anchorage,AK so it's a very smart thing to get one. Tons of germs in my air space there, however I am presently very sick with the FLU. I can hardly breathe, my throat is raw and tender, my chest is on fire and I...
Well, the pumpkins did go over well, so I tried the oatmeal. I made a big pot of warm oatmeal and I even added a little bit of brown sugar! Right now it lays frozen in the bowl in the middle of the yard as the girls and boy did not eat it! Was I suppose to give them the oats dry? I assumed...