We bought 5 batnum chicks from tractor supply.....we got 3 silkies, but the other 2 i am not certain what they are.....i am thinking a game bird of some sort.....i believe 1 is roo and other hen.....can some tell me their breed
Help......one of my week old chicks (the smallest of the bunch) was laying in cage with her head turned around chirping.......what can be wrong with her?
I wrapped her in a facecloth and giving her drench with warm water and she is alert
Opal our black Silkie Bantam has gone broody 3 times and decided not to give up on her non-fertile eggs so we did place 4 fertile eggs under her the third time she went broody, she has been sitting on her nest for 25 days......Our Ameraucana Gemma has been sharing the nest with her as well and...
I noticed our girl Sassie's eyes looked tired like. I pulled her out of the yard and checked her out she feels hot, her bill is blotchy with two shades of yellow and orange. Looks kinda like mucus inside her bill. Can she have a cold?
I put her in new small barn separate from chickens and other...
We got 4 ducklings back in April, they were approx. 2 weeks old.....we hoped for females maybe 1 male or two but looks like we have 3 males and 1 poor female which we are going to have to figure out what to do about that still. We are thinking we will have to get 2 more females or swap a male...
We have 2 flocks approx. a month apart. 3 Red sexlink hens, 4 golden Wyonnette hens, (they are almost 6 months old) 4 buff Orpingtons, (they are almost 5 months old) and 1 silkie hen - she is our oldest she is a year old.
Red (red sexlink) I believe is the top hen of the older flock and Foghorn...
I am not sure what happened, Cinnamon one of our red sex links was fine all Sunday morning then later that day when we went to feed and water everyone, one of the kids noticed she was laying down so she picked her up and she acted lethargic and was having hard time keeping eyes open. We brought...
I came home today and noticed HayHay was not out in yard with rest of chickens, She was in house in box, she wasn't making any noise as she is usually very verbal and she was shaking her bottom up and down and seemed like she was panting. I checked her bottom and she looked ok when i picked her...
Hello my name is Tracy, I lived on a farm 1/2 of my life in the south and the other 1/2 in the north and other 1/2 in south so I am familiar with chickens, ducks, goats, cows and horses. I never thought I would ever want chickens, ducks or even a garden growing up considering my brother and I...