My 16 month old hen has always been kind of weird looking. Her butt always hangs low and she waddles. She also always lays eggs with no shell- but rarely lays at all. So obviously something has been off since she hatched. Anyway, this morning I found 14 soft shelled eggs in the coop. A few were...
I have always bought pre-sexed chicks, but this past year we hatched 15 babies. So, I seriously have no idea what sex they are. They are mixed breed- and I lost track of who the mother was, but I'm guessing. The dad was an ameraucana. I *think* out of the 15 that 5 are roos. But I honestly don't...
I thought my 2 buff orpingtons (about 15 weeks old) had fowl pox. And maybe they do, but one has gone from bad to worse. Her eyes are huge, puffy, and sealed. They've been like this 4 days. I've been giving her water and yogurt and whatever else thru a syringe. That works great sometimes and...