I have a two month old orpington cockeral that was hatched with his neck curved to the side. He has been doing fine until a few days ago. Now his neck curves down between his legs at times. He never was able to lift his head and neck up like a normal chicken. What can I do about this...
I have two Orpington roosters. When I arrive with food and water for them, sometimes they shake their entire head and neck from side to side when they see me coming. Any idea what that means?
I went to my chicken coop at dusk yesterday to check for eggs and shut the chickens in for the night. My black orp roo was sitting on an egg (I know roo's don't lay eggs, he, he!) Is this common behavior? Also when I went to get the egg, he pecked me, and I swatted him away.
Where is the pic of # 3? I am new to chickens also. I had purchased (I thought) 6 black Orpington hens (in August - they had been hatched the end of March)and one blue Orpington roo. Well, one of the black pullets would make a muffled crowing noise when the blue roo crowed. In my case, that...
In August, I bought 5 black Orpington pullets (the seller told me they hatched at the end of March), I also bought a blue orp roo and a black orp roo (the seller and I thought the black orp roo was a hen, but Gertrude is now Gert). About 3 weeks ago, I started getting eggs, one a day (or every...