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i dont really know i ordered mine from mypetchicken.com

i would recommend untill they are laying age if you have no other hens of laying age in there close off the nest boxes for now untill its time for eggs that way they will be forced to use there roost and when its time for them to lay they will get the idea of what the box is for

Along these lines i had about half a bag left and it got a tiny bit wet and the food started to clump but this was just between yesterday and today should it still be okay to feed them?

Hey i dont know why there is such a shortage there honestly here in Bennington,Vermont there is a place called whitmans feed store where you can get compacted wood shavings for $5.25 and it covers a 8 square foot area 4 inches thick with shavings and i have seen there bay where they keep it they...

I was just wondering if i add eggs to the nest my Patridge rock is making will she go broody faster?

they are hardy, mature quickly, and lay enormous numbers of white eggs, but they are panicky. This makes them annoying to work with, as you end up doing everything in slow motion to avoid panicking the flock. This is less of a nuisance on free range, where they have room to run around squawking...

Hi my dad is a ornithologist which is the study of Birds and he told me thats most certainly a American Red Breasted Robin and if you have a a incubator put the egg in it at the same temp as your chicken eggs it will hatch! my dad is happy that you found it he said by the way you Described it...

well i have come to the conclusion they do not like rain!!! they came out long enough for it to touch there butts and boom right back into the coop and there they stayed lol needless to i just closed them up and am hoping for a better day tomorrow.

use a piece of Popsicle stick with a Small piece of String or tape to make a splint if she is moving it at all it isn't broke try that but not for more then a few days

but they wont get sick thats all im worrie about

I just honestly need to know because its raining here if its okay to open my coop and let me babies (there full Grown) i just call them that they don't like being in the coop but at the same time if its not okay i don't want to get them sick please let me know

i have blue rose comb bantams for sale

I did the same thing and the babies end up being just a tiny bit bigger then a Bantam sometimes the same size go for it it works!

If she is drinking put Asprin in her water its the only thing i know to do but put NeoSporin on her wound helps it heal faster

So thank you all so much and im guessing then it would be a safe bet to leave her eggs for her to hatch then huh?