I found one of my hens badly beat up by two of my turkey hens. I have removed her from the coop and she is currently in an old brooder in the dark, and I moved my turkey hens to an empty coop to ensure they won't attack any more chickens. The hen, a Splash Marans, has lost all of her comb and...
A chicken showed up in my yard and I don't know what kind she is. She looks like a Welsummer, but she has a black body. She laid a pink egg. Any idea what kind she might be?
So, I have this French Black Copper Marans chick that had issues hatching. Once it hatched, I noticed that it doesn't seem to be able to pull one of her legs under her. Is it a slipped tendon? Is it broken? It's not splayed leg or curly toe. I have attached a picture. She just hatched a little...
Hi! I was wondering what the chance would be of getting a Black Marans if I breed two Blue Marans together? Could I get a splash or would they stay blue?
Thanks,
Turkey Girl
My nine-week-old French Black Copper Marans Roo has not been looking good. He had Coccidiosis a few weeks ago and has been treated. Yesterday we noticed that he has a bunch of yellowish-white stuff stuck to the vent feathers. We quarantined him away from the flock. He's not eating and isn't...
Hello! A few days ago we bought a Serama Roo and when we got home, I noticed he had some yellow crust on his comb. I have sprayed it twice with Vetericyn, but I don't think it's done anything. I also noticed that he spends most of the day napping on the roost, but I think that might have...
So, some of our Ayam Cemani chicks hatched under a broody hen yesterday and appeared to be doing well. This morning the hen was walking around in the run with her chicks for a few hours, and they still appeared to be O.K. I went to check on them this afternoon, one of the chicks was laying in...
So, we have a coop full of Ayam Cemani chicks. One of our older Ayam Cemani hens got into the coop and ripped he skin off of one of the chick's head. Now the poor baby's skull is exposed! It is standing up and acting like all the others and doesn't appear to be in pain. I didn't bandage it for...
Hello! So, I have an Ayam Cemani chick that has Curly Toe and Splayed leg. We started feeding him/her watered-down chick feed and nutritional yeast or egg yolk. Yesterday we started to notice that his/her crop looks full of water. Does anyone know how to get rid of this? We tried feeding her/him...
One of our week-old French Black Copper Marans had Pasty Butt a few days ago, so naturally, we took care of it by running warm water over it's vent. We have done this several times before and it has worked, this time it didn't. The inside of this chick's vent has been clogged and it won't poop...
I have a bantam mixed-breed rooster with mite eggs all over his belly. I looked him over for any live mites and there were none. I dusted him, but I don't know how to get rid of the eggs. I read that people would pull the feathers, but there are too many to pull. Does anyone know of another way...
I have a New Hampshire Red hen that I am taking to the fair in two months and she has broken tail feathers. It is only a few feathers but I do not know how to get rid of them.
I am leading a chicken program at the Hubbard Public Library and I need ideas. All I have is chickens cookies. :) if you have any ideas please let me know. It is a family program.
Thanks for your help