I've noticed for a couple months that my 3 yr old Brahma rooster has a rattling, wheezy sound coming from his chest. It's like he has to cough. He looks healthy otherwise. My broody hen laid on a large clutch of eggs that he'd fertilized this past month and only one of them hatched. Today I...
I had this question as well. Last year was our first year with chickens and I and our mixed flock laid all year long. This year I have young ones that weren’t quite ready to lay, but very close when winter hit and then I had some hens molting in November but now even my consistent layers, the...
My Easter Eggers have also stopped laying the last couple weeks too. They are 1.5 yrs old. I was wondering why also.
And I’m curious when you said “ Self isolating, lethargic, staying excessively in the box, hunched or penguin stance, tail pumping, not coming for treats, etc.. immediate...
My Silkie went broody and I let her sit on some fertilized eggs from my Isa Brown and my Easter Eggers. She’s the only bantam in my flock.
We’ve got one chick so far. Day 22 ( I think)
I’m worried because of the Silkie’s size she won’t be able to keep the big chickens out of the nesting...
I have a sweet black Silkie hen who just started laying within the last month. There are no other small hens in our flock, we lost our other Silkie to a predator. She’s a bit lonely and I also don’t have a Silkie rooster. She would love to hatch her little eggs and keeps attempting to get broody...
I have a sweet black Silkie hen who just started laying within the last month. There are no other small hens in our flock, we lost our other Silkie to a predator. She’s a bit lonely and I also don’t have a Silkie rooster. She would love to hatch her little eggs and keeps attempting to get broody...
We've got a beautiful healthy 8 mo old blue
American Bresse that is looking for a new flock. Fertile, lovely crow, protective but not
suitable for farms with small children. Good
conformation, no sprigs, straight, balanced comb, straight toes, wide body, no split wing. Would be a great addition...