Close up of "Baby" rooster. So the girls both have a true pea comb but what would this comb be called? He started out with a pea comb but it has grown into this triple looking thing. Or is it normal for mutts to have off Combs?
Look up some info on coccidiosis. Do your hens have any of the following symptoms? I know it usually affects younger birds but the poo does look a bit suspicious to me. Watch them closely separate them until you know for sure they are fine because it is quite contagious if it is coccidiosis...
http://whitingfarms.com
http://www.5280.com/2017/06/the-feather
Designing, breeding, and ultimately killing animals to use their parts for fashion or crafting or fly-tying isn’t without controversy. In the early 2010s, for example, when long feathers became fashionable as hair accessories...
Those hawks are sneaky and patient. Our favorite little Pekin bantam hen was the first victim she disappeared without a trace until over a week later I discovered a pile of her feathers in the woods. About 3 month later we come home to find a hawk had just killed one of our grown sex link...
My broody would leave the nest once a day to eat, drink, poo and run out for a quick dustbath. I wish I would have seperated her because we lost 2 nearly full grown chicks wen the eggs got cracked beyond repair. Sounds like you have done your part now she will do the rest.
It all started when my daughter talked us into getting 4 chicks at the local feed store. At first I didn't pay much attention to them and my daughter did all the feeding watering and cleaning up. When they were old enough we let them out to free range. I was working on a project one day when...