We bought 5 sex link chicks at the feed store which we have done for years. None of them looked out of the ordinary. They are now 4 months old and one of them has turned out to be a rooster but we can't figure out what breed he is...
Please help!: My Buff Laced Polish stopped standing up and I see that she has a big hard lump under one foot and a lot of swelling around it and the other foot is just swollen. I CANNOT find a sore anywhere.... Just the big hard lump. I hate to cut into it and possibly start some infection...
She acts like a pullet (crouches down when approached, to be picked up) has never crowed, but the two roosters we have chase her all over and peck her crow. She is smaller than the other chickens we have. They all came September 5 as day old pullets. We ordered 100 and so far 2 are confirmed...
Help!! I just got these baby ducks today and one of them dose not look right. She is quite, listless, dose not walk much and when she sits down (wich is most of the time) her legs stick of in front of her. Not out to the side, but just right in front of her. She also has a hard time getting...
We were sold this roo chick yesterday and told it was a brown leghorn, but it seems more like a RI Red..? As I am new I am not being allowed to post a photo.. which makes this difficult, but he is all rust colored, with a little black on the top of his head and a faint black stripe down the...