Ok so a little update I noticed her crop is quite squishy so I massaged it and she opened her mouth and her breath smelt like something dead...is this sour crop? Would it explain the diaarhoea?
Hey everyone I have a 1 year old isa brown hen that in the past week has had her feathers ruffled and has gotten more and more lethargic I separated her from the flock and have wormed her and given her an antibiotic I was given from the feed store but she is still looking pretty sad...she has...
10 week old easter eggers :) just wondering what the difference in tail feathers mean? Half have tail feathers that stick right up and the others are more subtle
Thanks everyone! They started their poor attempts at crowing at 10 weeks so I moved them on to a rooster sanctuary. it is actually an woman who saves roosters and they all live their days out at her place down the south coast!
hey everyone these guys are 4 weeks old and the only difference between these guys and the others are that the others have tail feathers and these don't yet.
Does that mean they could be hens or roosters? They are easter eggers
Ah ok no I don't do that but I will start tomorrow! Thanks for the advice does it sound like a bone issue to you? He's still eating and drinking and is bright but every chance he gets he is lying down
Hey all
I have 17 month old chicks with their mama and they are all doing really well and are getting bigger and stronger but there is one of the larger ones that is lying down quite a bit it's not like a sick lying down because he lies down and eats and drinks but any chance he gets he is...
Hey all I'm a newbie with cornish x roosters is is normal for them to weigh 8lb at 10 weeks?? they free range and get fed twice a day and I don't give them any extra breed
@LindaB220 yup got them on a diet so far they just grow so quickly it's incredible! They are literally 8 times bigger than the easter eggers I have the same age
Hey everyone I have two gorgeous 7 week old broiler roosters that I intend to keep as pets can anyone tell me what age they might start crowing? And what age can big broilers live until I was told they ussually have heart attacks around 6 months old