In early April, my neighbor called. One of her hens had hatched 3 little babies and she was so excited. Two days later she called to say that one of her dogs had gotten loose and attacked the babies - one was dead, one was injured and one survived - can you take the injured one? Well, since...
About 3 weeks ago my neighbor brought one of her chicks over that had been attacked by one of her dogs - it was about 3 days old. Had 2 puncture wounds and a broken leg and missing toes. I have slowly nursed it back to health - it now only has two toes on one foot and the other foot is sort...
thanks for the reply - her partner was up on the roost the first night so I was starting to get concerned and having a tough time finding any info on it online. Figured she maybe had social anxiety or something - my other girls are 16 weeks old and I did catch one of them picking on her the...
So, I have an 8 week old Silkie that will not sleep on the roost. I have 8 chicks (6 are 16 weeks old and then 2 -8 week silkies) the other silkie sleeps on the roost with everyone else but this one only ever sleep in the nest box. He/she burrows down in the bedding and sleeps all alone every...