Thursday I had my 4 hens and 1 roo out free ranging after work and I noticed my roo walking real hard. He's 3yo and in his first year, protected his girls from a Fisher cat. So he's always had kind of a "bum knee" i call it. But the next day I got home real late and he wasn't roosted with the...
I have 4 hens and a rooster. 1 hen is a silkie and the other 3, including the roo, are of the same father but different mother's. Would it be okay to mate my roo with his half sisters? I got them from my mom's flock who she incubated some eggs from. The hens lay very good and big eggs. And the...
One of my 3 hens is quite pale and losing neck feathers. With winter approaching I have my 3 hens and rooster with my 3 guineas. I've had a pretty bad mite problem but everyone seems to be getting better with that problem.
This is buttercup. and its more like her feathers are thinning out...
I noticed my chickens had lice and I treated with sevin dust last week. Today will be day 10 and I'm dusting them again after work. I've noticed my roo has been vomiting recently. Its not very often. I assumed he was just drinking to much as it seemed to only be after he drank. Picked him up...
Hello, my name is Jon. I'm from upstate NY, living in an earthship house that my fiancé's uncle built. So we live completely off the grid.
My mom had A Lot of chickens and hatched some eggs for me. My chickens were actually born on my birthday haha but they all have an Americana dad. I have 3...