I have two dorking pullets and I have noticed that they sort of jerk their necks while walking like they have something stuck in their throat, but they don't; is this normal behavior for a dorking?
I noticed yesterday my 5 Lohmann browns have runny noses; I got them on the 15th this month. They are about 12 months old. My 26 other chickens have no symptoms - 5 of these are Australorps who came from the same seller. The seller had vaccinated all of them against newcastle disease.
It has...
So I recently got 26 new chickens, adding to my 5 current ones(one white leghorn and four ISA browns). I don't have pictures of all of them, but here are the ones I do have:
4 silver Sussex pullets, and 4 golden laced Wyandotte pullets(only one of those visible here)
5 Lohmann Brown hens.
5...
Hey everyone! I'm a young, hobby farm girl from Queensland, Australia.
I used to own over thirty Old English Game Bantams, but a year or so ago a fox got in and wiped out all but one. I call her the Little Black One.
After that, I got two Leg Horn hens and two Australorp hens, but my dog got...