Search results for query: *

Hello all....it's been a while since I've been on BYC ... but I was after some advice please. I have a 18 month old (approx) Speckeldy hen who has a dropped wing. I've just got back from a weeks holiday, the lady looking after my flock (28 chucks and 5 ducks) said she noticed no injuries...

Hello all...just after some advice please. We have a RIR rooster who has produced a couple of offspring. The broodies are a Partridge Laced Wyandotte and a Speckledy as seen in the pictures below. We're pretty certain the Wyandotte is biological mother to them both but not 100% sure, the chicks...

We very sadly lost one of our ducks on Monday...she was a 5 month old Cherry Valley and was a star. We had a post mortem done on her as she died so suddenly and she had perforated her stomach with a nail. We have no idea where this nail came from but as all my chucks & ducks free range, it...

Just after a little advice.....I picked up 2 "silkie" chicks at the weekend from an agricultural fair. They were sold as 3 week old silkie chicks, unsexed. Although I have many breeds of chicken, I am unfamiliar with silkies. I was wondering if anyone could assist with if these really are...

Hope this is the correct thread tag to use?? New to BYC! Just wanted to ask what an Easter Egger chicken breed was? It's not a term used here in the UK and I have no idea what they look like. I'm trying to produce a "rainbow" of eggs, I'm nearly there but am I right in thinking that they lay a...

Duck breed afficionados...can anyone please assist with what this silver/grey duck's breed may be? I bought it with a pair of Swedish Blacks, it was kind of a "free extra". It was sold as a duck but I've never heard it quack and it's pretty happy biting my legs and chasing me up the garden so...

Just after some help...new to BYC...my beautiful Partridge Laced Wyandotte has today hatched a little chick. My cockerel is a Rhode Island Red. I was wondering if anyone knew what this little one might turn out like and any advice on sexing would be appreciated. She has another half dozen or...