2 years ago my husband bought me a bouquet of flowers and in it was this clipping and idk the name of it. I removed the other flowers long ago when they wilted but this one didn't change so I left it in water and after a few months it still looked fresh as if it was just plucked so I've left it...
Since this past Saturday I've collected 3 eggs that have come out with the shell bloody. They've all come from 3 separate hens, 1 white egg and 2 different tan eggs but each only laid the 1 bloody egg and the rest come out clean. I've never seen this before but I wanted to double check if this...
Can someone advise me on what I can safely use around my chicken's to get rid of ants. An ant hill has come up along the fence line of the run right next to the coop and they have been getting inside the coop but most keep swarming around the waterers. Normally when they come up around the yard...
Yes, I created a broody space for her and she left them there and went back with the flock, they just can't get up to roost yet so they're at ground level where she used to sleep with them
I think they should be fine, my coop is 2 feet off the ground and I put out cinder blocks for steps, my husband is gonna build a ramp soon but my hen took her chick's out and they couldn't jump back up the step with her so I sat and watched her and she would come back out after 5 minutes and...
My hen hatched 6 chicks and she's just gone to roost and left them alone and all day kept pecking at them to go away. The chicks are only 2 weeks and 3 days old so I'm concerned they might be too young to be alone. I checked the weather for the next 10 days and we'll be having highs between...
I created a post before to help identify these 3 white pullets and the responses were either white rocks or white leghorns. Today I noticed their earlobes are turning a light blue almost turquoise color. My pictures don't show the color very well but does this help identify which breed they are?
We'll keep all the pullets for now and possibly 1 cockerel. My husband has a work friend that's been trying to get some hens but he doesn't have the necessary items to raise chicks so we offered some to him when they're a little older but otherwise they'll be part of our flock. We have no plans...
I understand, I'm in the same position myself with a staggered hatch. I just had a baby in Feb so I stopped caring for the flock and my husband took over for me and I came back to 5 broodies and dozens of unmarked eggs. I moved 3 into broody coops and the other 2 I've left in their coops and...
I found a dead chick under my broody and I'm trying to guess how long it's been there. Her chicks just started hatching last night or earlier today and this one looks like it was fully formed but it was flat and dehydrated and barely starting to smell like a dead animal so I know it's been dead...
My eggs are coming from my own flock and they are fine when I put them out under the hen but when I candle them at day 7 some have detached air cells. They aren't fully detached but appear somewhat saddled. Is there any way to tell what's causing this and how to prevent it? Out of about 30 eggs...