My carer uncle found a half hatched duckling today at a clients house, the mother had left with the other babies and left this one the client wanted it gone so my uncle brought it back he helped it out of its shell and had it with him for 5 hours before bringing it to me, the duck seems alert...
The brooder plate is on its side on one side of the cage( i worry they will burn their heads under it as they are too tall), they snuggle up to it occasionally but my room where they are kept is not that warm, i dont know the temperature of the room but its like under 20 where i live and the...
I picked up 4 free 4-6 week brahma chicks a couple days ago issue is one will not stop chirping 24/7 only when they sleep or they have been held for a long while, its eating and drinking fine, its got the brooder on in there on one side so they have a very warm and cold side, it has no visible...
Hey i just picked up some free chicks, they were said to be 10 weeks but dont look it at all and the owner didnt know what breed they are, my guess is brahma because of the legs, if they are can you guys let me know if they look bantam or regular i need to know if i need to add a entire shed to...
I need urgent help, my polish pluck eacothers head crests out and now my boy is completely bald in the front, i asked elsehere and i got the replies that they are just bored, i moved them to dirt so they can dig and forage for bugs and they have perches but that did nothing and they still pluck...
Just picked up two 9 week easter eggers who are meant to be hens, im looking to make sure they are as the breeder said i can swap them if they arent so best to find out now, from my very little chicken knowledge they do seem like hens but i just want some more opinions, behaviour wise the white...
I checked my chickens again and black beak one of the polish i thought might have done it also has bald spots in the same sort of area although much smaller and less noticeable, im pretty sure its my big one who i swear despite the hen looking crests has to be 100% male
They all stay out if his...
They are 7weeks, the bald patch is on the top back of the crest, im hoping its not a male thats trying to do it because i really cant end up with any cockerels 😓
Im a first time chicken owner and i have 3 bantam polish and 1 serama, everything seemed to be going fine the chickens have moved to their new eglu coop with 2 metre run they all eat and drink fine and they seem chill but today i got all of them out one by one to do a check and to keep them tame...
Just set up my eglu coop and run , issue is its currently on the dog side of the garden untill we can concrete an area for them meaning all my polish are hiding in the coop while buttercup the dog rider is chilling in the run by herself 😅
Dont know if this is just me being desperate for buttercup to be female but like i also want to add when i first picked these chicks up there was another serama who at the time was very clearly a boy (bright red big wattles and comb) i picked buttercup instead because they looked nothing like...
Hey so i made one of these when the chicks were way too young but at this point they seem to be growing all their feathers and wattles are starting to show
There are three polish (black beak and two unnammed as they have been twins that i cant tell apart until now) and a serama (buttercup my...
I have always thought that one might definitely be female as well, they just have like the most hen looking crest I have seen, which always makes me a bit worried for the other two 😅 I try to handle the chicks as much as possible (sadly I have a really fresh large tattoo on my arm and they all...