I posted here that last week I lost one of my Orpington, then my rooster was walking drunk. But I figured he was lacking nutrients. I didn’t realize the hens can pick on him also. But what is weird is he hasn’t crowed since the hen died. Do you think he misses her? He has 5 other hens with him.
He is about 24 weeks old. he seems to be ok now I have him in a crate. He will take sugar water but no food. He is alert. I will give him some electrolytes and oyster shell in the morning. The two stores I have here were out. I will scramble him an egg too. I have some viktro s too I all the...
I am glad poppy is ok. I fed my chickens broccoli the other day, I noticed one of my hens had green poop, I thought no big deal it’s the broccoli. Then I noticed the next morning she was panting, she started laying down and her neck started twisting. I scooped her up called a vet. But they are...
Is it normal for eggs to be small at first? My Easter edger is laying eggs and she just started. She is about 4 and a half months old. The other pellets I got with her have not started laying
Well she seems fine today. She came running out and she is more interested in eating. Instead of standing there. Also I have treated the whole flock. I cleaned all of them with a mite spray it looked likea dirty butt on my rooster, but no bugs so after work he is getting a salon treatment...
That was a big help thank you. She is much better now, I took her back out after I gave her some electrolytes and put some chili wormer in her food she started eating and acting normal. Drank some water before bed. We will see in the morning.
Ok most of you know I am new to chickens. I got my first chickens in June. That being said I just got 3 more in beginning of Aug, about a week ago.
One of the 8 week old that I have seemed strange this afternoon. She was just standing there shutting her eyes, it was hot today. I brought her in...
Oh my run right now is a 12x9 space ( having another area built) there is a coop in there also, the base ie a 3x3 and the top part is larger with 4 nesting boxes and 4 roosts. The babies had to come before the other area was complete. So they are in a separate area a 2x6 enclosure that they all...
Thank you it has only been a week so I don’t plan on integrating until the younger are almost the same size. But definitely before anyone starts laying eggs.
Ok I have a rooster ( polish) was suppose to be a pullet, oh well. He is about 18 weeks, the hens I got with him are are about 15 weeks. On Aug 7 I got three more pellets they are 8 weeks.
Ok I have the younger ones in a separate area so they can see each other, I even put their water near an...
I did this with wheat, soaked for 8-12 hours put seeds in tray with holes and then a shallow tray underneath. The instructions said to rinse out the water daily but do not over water they will rot. I put a paper towel over them and just gave them a light spray 3x a day
I bought a set up at Amazon and it has a carrier on legs and 4trays it works great. Just sprouted mung bean and wheat for them. I thought the wheat grass was long so I cut them up before giving it to them
I recently was sprouting wheat and mung bean. I thought these would be good for the chickens if fed moderately. The wheat is about 2 inches long so I cut it so it wouldn’t get their crop messed up. The mung bean has small sprouts I just fed it to them in their treat dish.
Do you all think this...
Idk what that is but I ordered some mite spray just to have on hand and it talks about spraying their legs. I will say I tried the spray in their tray where they poop under the roost because sometimes I get those gnat things in there on the poop. It kills them in an instant. It’s from Amazon