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i noticed two or three of my hens cant seem to open one of their eyes and move quite slowly could someone tell me how to make them better and how serious this is thanks
It is hard to diagnose illness in chickens without actually seeing the problem first-hand.
They could simply have a bad cold! It could also be something more serious...I'm sorry that I can not say exactly but if it seems to be something spreading through your flock, you should probably seperate the sick birds from the rest of the flock. Don't forget to clean and sterilize the coop and yard.
thanks for your message it turned out to just a bad cold
all my hens are back to normal health wise
would you know if i should get a secound rooster if i wanted to start incubating some eggs
i have 40 hens i just want to improve the chance of the eggs being fertilised
I'm glad to hear that your birds are back to normal.
As to your rooster question, I can tell you that in my chicken yard I would have one rooster for every 10 to 12 hens if they are large breed chickens. For bantams, one rooster to every 12 to 15 hens.
i will let you know how i get on when i get my new rooster
thanks again for helping me out with what may seem simple question to some but
im only starting out and your help is much appreciated
These questions a very interesting to me. I became the substitute parent to three chicks without ever intending to raise chickens. My neighbor farmer's wild chickens destroyed my garden last winter (they were hungry- I'll ask more about that another time). Then a hen made a nest in a raised shelter that I kept available for my elderly cats to retreat to in times of trouble. When the chicks were a few days old, the farmers dog killed her. That left me with two chicks to care for. Three weeks later, a bobcat got a hen and all but one chick, so the farmer brought it to me.
Suddenly, I have a flock- now what do I do? The original pair are hen and rooster, now about 7weeks old. I cannot leave the chick with them. Although it is still too early to know for sure, I suspect that the chick is also a rooster.
Will they ever form a peaceful flock or will the roosters always fight?
