I have a hen with a similar gash from a dog attack earlier today, I've cleaned the area and applied some ointment around but not directly over the wound because it's so deep and I've wrapped a vet wrap bandage around her hoping to keep the wound closed, clean and dry. Looking for any advice on...
At around 12 weeks old I put my birds outside in an elevated coop with a ramp that they could climb up, as long as there was a light on in the coop at sundown all the birds went in the coop to roost and I could turn the light off just after it got fully dark outside. If the light was ever off as...
Not attached to him, and not planning on breeding, just wondering. I haven't heard back from the original owners about swapping it out soon so I'm not sure if they have any of the chicks left to swap it for.
If I have 9 hens and a barred rock rooster would it be OK to add this cockerel to the flock with him in the spring or should I swap him out for another hen?
Oh yes, my mistake the father is a silkie not a Cochin. The owners said they would swap one out if I ended up with a rooster but I'm not sure they are sure of the sexes yet either. I had asked for two hens since I have a fairly small flock and already have a rooster.
I got these two beauties today, my daughter's friend had a hen that hatched a couple eggs unexpectedly and they didn't want to keep the chicks. Just not sure if I've got two hens or if one of them might be a rooster. The father is a white Cochin and the mother looks like a red sex link but the...
If that is the Barred Rock chick in the pics then I'd say it looks like a hen. I got two BRs as chicks and the hen was much darker in color than the rooster.
Hi, I'm new to BYC and I just noticed that my forum post count is off. I only mention it because I know that certain things aren't available to new members until after they've made a certain number of posts. Just wanted to bring it to your attention. Thank you. -Lynn
Thank you, we tried very hard to help her get better and had great hope that she would. It was a terrible tragedy to go check on her and find her like that when she had been so lively just two hours earlier.
Well I have some very sad news. My poor little girl didn't make it. She had been going back and forth between getting better one day and then having a seizure and back to sick the next for the past couple of days. This morning she was alert and active and showed great signs of improvement but...