All my hens are young, just over a year old. I'm thinking it was the shock of losing one, they had been together since birth. As long as this is a natural thing to happen I don't mind as long as it doesn't hurt them.
I have a small flock of 6 Guinea Fowl, 3 male and 3 female all about 15 months old. We do keep them in a large coop they have to themselves.
3 weeks ago one of the males was looking lethargic one afternoon and the next morning he was dead. We removed him as soon as we found him and buried him...
I have 6 guinea Fowl 3 females and 3 males all about 14 months old.
3 weeks ago one of my guinea died, one day he was lethargic and the next day he was dead.
The guinea have a large coop of their own and had been laying eggs, sometimes 3 per day for about 3 months. Since the day the male got...
Looking for a Wyandotte breeder in northern NH or southeastern VT. I'm looking for Gold Lace Wyandottes in particular. If anyone could help I would be most appreciative. Thanks!
After reading this thread I realized I probably went the wrong direction in starting my flock with hatchery chicks. I love my hens but it has become apparent that the Buff Wyandottes I ordered is what I got but something else was mixed in because a few of my hen have different combs. The hens...
I have another question onlong these same lines...
As it turns out I didn't have pox or mights, it was pecking spots.
I want to thank everyone who helped
Now I'm wondering if I should use dust as a preventative with my Chickens and if so does it affect my egg, will I be able to eat them?
I'm...
The spots dont rub off. All the chickens seem robust healthy and are all eating well. I checked all their feet and there isn't any scaling. After reading all I could find and looking at the pics on the internet I'm ruling out Pox, none of the spots look similar to what I saw in the pics and...
One of my Hens as well as my Roo has black spots on their rose combs. I havent been able to find any info on this other than frost bite and the temps are not low enough for that. Should I be worried about it?
I'm also trying to figure out how much to feed my 11 Chickens and one Roo.We have Buff Wyandottes and love them! Were feeding crumbles but I waqs scraping most of them off the floor with the poop so we switched to pellets and until recently thought free feeding is best but now it seems the...