Help!
My cemani rooster is wheezing badly! We had a crow collar on him and I thought that might be what was wrong so we took it off but today he is still wheezing and it sounds like he is struggling for every breath. However, he's not showing any signs of lethargy or illness. Could something be...
DVICE WANTED!
Hey, BC fam! I'm adding three Welsh Harlequin ducks and 5 more chicks to my flock of 8 hens next month. They'll be in the brooder in the house for some weeks, of course. I know that ducks grow much faster than chickens and also need a bit of a different setup as well as extra...
We have an injury! ****! And on their first day in the run! A piece of the hardware cloth around the door jam was sharp and sticking out and Blanche impaled the top of her foot on it! It was bleeding for a good while but I took all the necessary measures: applied pressure, peroxide, and liquid...
I already have 7 little ladies, 4 and 3 weeks of age, but yesterday I made some impulsive adoptions of another Ameraucauna and a Silver Laced Wyandotte. Here is Gwendolyn and Betty:
Definitely going to want to double predator-proof your coop. Bury an extra 18inches of hardware cloth into the perimeter of your coop and run. I say hardware cloth, because chicken wire is not bear or hawk proof. And we have very cold winters with snow, so research winter-hearty breeds, i.e...
This is my little Josephine. Feed store labeled her an Ameraucana, but they were all sorts of colors with no specific color details. She definitely has the puffy cheeks and a bit of the beard.
Anyone know what color she'll be?
Hello from northeast Albuquerque!
Just wanted to introduce myself and maybe get to know some of my fellow New Mexican chicken folks.
I grew up on a ranch in Texas with every kind of animal. But this is my first flock of chickens as an adult.
I have 7 little Ladies 1 and 2 weeks old...