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I don't know what it is but she is walking funny for some reason she has a bit of a hop when she runs. And when she goes to eat or drink she sits down like she is trying to keep weight off her feet. I'm going to try and see if I can get a video of it to post.

I have 3 plymoths rocks 2 white and 1 barred now the barred is adopted but the whites I bought as part of my 1st flock. Now when I bought my chicks last year I picked my 2 BO's for their broodiness I only wanted 2 broody hens and when I picked all the others I picked ones the said poor or...

The hubby and I my to go relax at the park we were sitting on a bench and this little rooster just came walking up and hopped up on the table. When we went for a walk he would follow us. I was just wondering what kind of breed he is. He still fairly young his spurs haven't really came in...

I was just wanting to know with winter temps should the eggs collected is it alright to continue to store as usual or should they go straight in to the fridge?

I have 5 hens that are 7 months old and every single one of them have started laying and giving what time of the year it is I was wanting to know if it was normal that one of my white rocks hasn't laid in 2 weeks. I know that they slow down laying in the winter but is it normal to go 2 weeks or...

This is my first year with chickens and I have a small flock of 8 hens 5 of them are my original flock and 3 of them I got from a friend and they are a year older than the ones that I started with. Now being this is my first flock I have never gone through a molting season. Out of the 3 older...

When I collected my eggs today I saw that my sex link's egg looked to have dried blood on it and they have been getting lighter in color so I was wondering if I should be worried?

I have a BO rooster that has to go! He is 25 weeks old. I had every intention to keep him but he started to get a bit mean and being he was young I tried to work with him and it looked like it was working for a couple of months but then he last week he attacked me which not that bad but still it...

I think one of my BO is getting closer to laying but I thought I would get some more expert opinions on it. Her comb and waddles are bigger and redder than her sister and today I noticed when my rooster came up behind her she assumed the position before he even tried to do the dance. Does that...

I have a mix breed hen that doesn't seem to want anything to do with my rooster she is about a year and a half while he is a little over 6 months. At first she would let him mount her but now now whenever he starts to do his little dance around her she gets into a fighting stance and they both...

Well with my husband being in TN right now I had to take on the project of giving my babies a new more comfortable roosting area because the one that my mom's friend put up was too high too thick and it was metal and with the temp outside dropping I was worried of it bothering their feet. Not to...

Don't know what happened but my rooster is limping and putting as little weight as possible on his left leg. I have checked him all over and there are no visible cuts or injuries on him. It don't look or feel like anything is broken. Could he have twisted or sprang his foot or something? What...

My BO rooster is a little over 5 months old and we have had a hand full of moments when he has gone after me and my 3 teenagers but we started working on his attitude adjustment as soon as it started but today I noticed that he hasn't been his usual self he has been extremely calm today he...

Yesterday I posted about one of my hens laying an egg in a water puddle well I removed the cause of the puddle and found out which hen laid it as of yesterday I have 5 hens that are currently laying and the culprit is my white rock yesterday was her first egg and I know that she is the one that...

I got some chicks from Meyers back in April and one of the breeds I ordered were the Buff Orpingtons and I got them because I wanted a broody breed. I was just wanting to know if anyone else has had good luck with there broody breed hatchery chickens going broody?

I just found an egg that one of my hens laid in water puddle do I wash it off and put it in the fridge or do I just toss it

I just got 3 rescued hens and this is the 2nd morning I've had them. They are all about 1 1/2 years old I thought it would take a few days to calm down from the move and resume laying. But I started getting eggs from them yesterday morning. This morning when I check the nest box I found one...

I just rescued this hen and was wanting to know if she is a full barred rock or not her feet are what is making me wonder.

Does any one know it the DuMOR Grower/Finisher is a non-med or not because I can seem to find it anywhere on the bag so I am assuming that its not.

A little over a year ago I took my daughter to the doctor for a lingering cough that just wouldn't go away they put her on 2 different medications one for the cough and one was an inhaler. Well for some reason the meds made it to where she couldn't eat eggs unless it was just the egg whites and...