I have a black chicken that I caught in the wild. Her feathers have a green/violet iridescent hue. When she was a chick, she had a pair of white feathers on each of her wings which have since turned black.
Came into some baby chicks recently and one chick of the bunch has a significantly different head shape than the rest. Its wings are also significantly smaller than the rest. Wondering what could cause this. Photos attached.
I was approached by my manager at work who requested I try to catch a chicken in our parking lot who had a broken foot. I ended up catching her and putting her in a box to keep her calm until I got home. After getting home, I see the injury is far worse than I thought. The flesh is...
A few weeks ago, I found the hen I have with a wound on its head. I concluded it was the result of the silkie rooster attacking it. I had them separated and would bring the hen out so that they could see each other without having physical contact. Today, I let the silkie out of the coop to...
I have a pair of chickens kept around as pets. One is a male silkie and the other is a wild chicken that we took in as a baby chick that was abandoned by its mom. The chick would always start screaming every time no one was in the room with it so my roommate ended up buying a silkie chicken...