Recent content by Boom Boom Chick

Thank you Backyard family for all of the advise. I was really wishing for more hens. Our flock consists of 2 roosters and 2 hens and we wanted this hatch to be 2 more hens. I live in King and Queen county Virginia and looking to sell this baby to a good animal lover who will raise him and take...

Hi Y'all, Its been some time I've posted any questions. Work work work! My hen hatched out 2 round batam eggs from her daughter and at birth they both showed signs of hens. Now, at 10 weeks old Bambi the second born looks like a rooster. She/He is molting baby feathers and new feathers are...

Hey Ya'll, Our 4 year old hen has sour crop and she started with it last month in March when she ate moldy pellets in her feed bucket that was overlooked. She shares a coop with her sister who is a RIR same age and our newest baby rooster who is 1 years old now. The RIR and roo has no...

She is in my house in a dog crate and is doing great. She is earing drinking and acting normal and is healing nicely. I have had her outside with the others everyday except for yesterday and today because its been really cold. I was afraid from the warm house to cold temps of 37 and 28 degrees...

Hi There, Yes chickens molt in there first year. They will stop laying eggs during their molting season and you can feed them dry cat food crushed up into crumbles to keep their protein up. Thats what I give my girls and some oyster shell. Some chickens will bleed when their feathers come in...

I read from another post that you can use Diatomaceous Earth. Its harmless and will keep several bugs, mites, and lice off your chickens and roosters. You can mix it with some sand and they can dirt bath in it. You can also use it in your run. I would not use it in the coop. Seven gardening...

Hello, Your baby is very cute and colorful! I'm not sure what breed he is bit he shows characteristics of a rooster. Long chest by the way he stands upward and the black line on his beak has always been a dead give away for me a my 2 roos. I wish the best of luck with finding the mix breed.

Hi Everyone, I need some help on what to do! My flock got attacked today by some kind of bird. My 13 week old hen got the worst. She has a wound above her vent on the right side and looks like a hole or puncture wound from a bird's beak. I immediately took her in and checked her and it seems...

I put them all together at night in one coop and seperate phil and clara during the day now. We have 2 areas for both to have enough space.

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Ok that a little disturbing to hear because Phil has been dancing alot this past month for Clara. Such as on the roost in the coop he dances while standing next to her, outside when they are free ranging, and when they are seperated by the run fencing. I just don't know what to make of this...

My Phil is a 1 year old leghorn mixed breed rooster. He mated with my 4 month Clara who has been identified as a young rooster on my other thread "Hen or Rooster". What is ya'll opinion on this matter? Here is Phil And here is Clara

Hi Ya'll, I really want to thank you for all of your help! I am now really freaking out because today my Phil my 1year old roo mated with my 3month old Clara. Unfortunately, I had to witness it today. I'm so confused because 1. Is Clara to young to be mating with him? And 2. Is she a he...

Phil was 13 weeks in this picture. Clara is now 13 weeks in the profile picture I uploaded. Maybe Y'all might be able to compare the 2. Thanks for all the advise. Clara

Here is a picture of the 2 of them together and he is the father.