The other day I came home and one of our pullets (15 weeks old) was missing all her back feathers. We figured one of the older hens was picking on her. We cleaned her up but then two days later she became wobbly on her feet. Her feet look fine. Today when I got home she was laying down and could...
I have 18 month old hens. Two of them are sleeping a lot and losing lots of feathers. If I pick them up or touch them feathers come out in my hand. I know molting time is possible but is it normal for feathers to come out in my hand?
I have a Silver Laced Wyandotte (single comb) rooster. I would like to know what happens when I cross him with my hens:
Speckled Sussex
Blue Rock
Black Australorp
Cuckoo Maran
Sapphire Gem
Thank you :)
I bought 3 Easter Eggers. They have very different coloring. I would love to know what combination of breeds these two are. Anyone have any ideas? They are a little over 12 weeks old.
Wondering what breeds and genders these two are. 1 red and 1 blue. They are just over 9 weeks old. Got them from someone who got them at tractor supply. He doesn’t remember what they are. They were sexed as pullets.
We put ours out in the run during the day at first. I didn’t want to lock mine in the coop for days so we just put them in one by one at night the first night. The second night 10 went in by themselves and other four I had to put in myself. The next night I only had to put 2 in myself and now...