About a month ago one of our hens, 6 month old Amercauna, was ill. We woke up to her laying in the coop, not willing to get up, she was honking like a goose. Her body was tensing up as she honked, about 20 honks per minute.
We are new to chicken raising FYI.
We though maybe she was egg...
The red & the while are the two in question. As you can see they both have the dark feet. The red has the fluffy cheeks but the white doesn't. They both started with long big tails but
shed the longer feather at 4 months old. Here they are 7 months. No eggs yet from any of the hens.
Thank you everyone! I'll get some pics up tomorrow:) they do have true black legs and did not come from a hatchery. It's the tail feathers that are throwing us for a loop!
Hello, I'm new and living in The city of Richmond, VA. We have 4 hens all just over 6 months old. I have a few questions, do I ask them here or on a different thread?
I'll start here.. I have 2 Ameraucanas, an all white & a brown/red/blue, they have the fluffy cheeks, black legs & feet, and...