Not sure if this is the proper category to post, but I have a few questions about my broody hens.
I wormed my flock with wazine 11 days ago. In those 11 days, two of my hens went broody. The Buff Orpington is rather confused, she moves from nest to nest to sit on different eggs, or moves to...
Today in our coop of 5-8 week old chicks, I saw a reddish poop. Later my husband saw one. We couldn't determine if it was bloody or not. Later I saw another big blob of poop that was bright red and took these photos. Trying to determine if it's cocci or not. I couldn't tell by the chicken...
Sold at our local feed store as Araucanas, we knew they probably were something else. We're new to the chicken world and so many breeds look similar as chicks. Does anyone know what they are? And even better, is the one chick in the photos male or female?
The dark ones in this pic are...
Hi, I'm Rebecca..my husband, DL and I have recently gotten into keeping chickens. Everything we "google" leads us here, so we joined :)
We've had three faithful, egg laying Rhode Island red hens and one beautiful (but grumpy) gold laced wyandotte rooster for about two years. Several weeks...