I got a 10 week old black polish pullet last week from The Oregon Spring Poultry Swap. Today I went to let her outside to play in the sun and she just stood there with her wings drooped and her tail down. She kept her eyes closed and looked as if she kept falling asleep. She would drop her...
As some of you know my silkie roo, Elmer, has been suffering from wry neck. I've been giving him poly-vi-sol without iron and vitamin E. It has helped some and his neck has started to straighten out. But now he has started to tuck his head between his legs and do sort of a sommer salt on to...
This is Elmer. He's 5 months old. Is this wry neck? His right eye is also closed and has some brownish tiny bugs around it. Does anyone know what they are? What is the treatment for wry neck? He also has some white stuff around his feathers by his eyes and under his beak. I'll try to get...
What breed is he? Australorp? Roo or pullet?
Here he is:
This is him next to Blueberry my blue orpington who's 2 months old. She's already bigger than him! lol
This is him at 2 days old:
This was him when he was 2 weeks old:
This him at 5 weeks old:
Now:
His comb:
Side shot:
His...
My aunt has a chicken who has a humpback. It feels like bone. We are wondering what it could be? I will post pics soon. Has anyone else had this problem?
As some of you know, my chicken Jack was sick a while ago. Since he was sick I brought him in the house to live. He's been living in the house since then. Now that he's fully recovered I want to put him back outside with the rest of the flock. The thing is that he's so used to being in the...
One of my chicks got sick and had a cough and was sneezing and was shaking his head. I gave him duramycin and he got better. So I put him back in with his siblings. Now they are all shaking their heads, but no coughing or sneezing or acting lethargic. Should I be worried? Should I give them...
I adopted two silkies that came from the same home, named Bebe and Bobbi. Bobbi went broody so I gave her some chicks to raise. As soon and the chicks were big enough to go with the rest of my flock I put Bobbi and them back in the community pen. Bebe has started calling them over for food...
It says 200-400 mg a gallon for infectious synovitus and 400-800 mg for crd air sac disease. How much for a quart for a chick that has a cough, sneeze, and runny nose. Also he is shaking his head.
I have a chick that is about a month and a half old. He started making a squealing noise every so often, turns out it was a cough. He is now sneezing and shaking his head all the time. I brought him in the house after he started coughing. He was and still not eating or drinking much and just...
I have 5 silkies living outside in the coop. One comes inside at night with her chicks. But none of them have ever roosted. I've had other breeds that always would roost. Is this a breed thing or are my girls weird? I've had silkies before and they've also never roosted. I've always...
My chickens have been trying to dust bathe in their bedding that is in their coop. I want to make a place for them where they can dust bathe. Anyone tried this before? Maybe a kids sandbox? Would I use dirt from my yard or something else? Thanks!
I have a 3 month old silkie rooster and everytime I go in the yard he does the shuffle dance to me. Is that normal? Does he know he's suppose to be doing that to the hens? Maybe he's just a little confused. lol. He is still young though.
This is Bebe she just started limping today but she's been doing this head thingy since I got her. She's one year old and is laying I got her last Saturday.
I've never seen my chickens have this kind of poop before. One of my chickens has been pooping this kind for the past day. I was just wondering if it was normal for it to look like sausages stringed together.
I already know that Lahnee is a rooster, he has been crowing for two weeks!
Lahnee:
Loonah:
I'm worried about Loelah, she's so much smaller than the rest of the chickens! Do you think there's something wrong with her? Or could she just be petite?
Loelah:
Laelah: