Last night, I had a weasel get into the coop. It took one of my hens and injured her younger sister on her head. It is a nasty gash in the back and there is dried blood on one of her fluffy cheeks which is holding her eye shut. How should I go about treating this? She is in shock - will not...
I am considering getting pigeons in the further future, and I was wondering about some of the friendlier pigeon breeds for beginners. What do you guys reccomend?
For the last few days, I've noticed that my chickens have had very watery poop. Today, however, I saw a small, yellowish worm wiggling around in one. I didn't see which bird dropped it but I haven't seen the worms from any other birds, just this one occasion. Everyone is eating and drinking fine...
I love orpingtons so much!! I have to confess, buff isn't my favorite color on them, but I own a buff orpington and she is my baby :D They have the best personality (and the fluffiest butts)!
i recently got this silkie pullet (at least i hope it's a pullet??) from a lady who was selling most of her inventory from a breeding project. she didn't specify what this color was called, so i was wondering if anyone here would know! i'm pretty new to silkies so i'm still figuring out sex...
princess was actually supposed to be an orpington! we were supposed to get two blue orpingtons - during the drive we got hit by a rainstorm and it was dark and clammy so the lady selling them boxed them up before we came and just gave them to us as soon as we arrived (bad idea not to check, i...
i had a langshan for a long time - her name was princess and she is in my profile picture :) she was my best friend and i lost her not too long ago, but i definitely will get more some day! they are the cutest and i love their fancy attitude.
thank you for your help! :) i am still narrowing down what i want - they had a lot of breeds that i am interested in but i only want to order a handful of chicks.
https://www.chickensforbackyards.com/product-category/baby-chicks/
I was looking to purchase some chicks from this site, but I wanted to see if anyone has purchased from them before. Does anyone know if this a credible site?
1. My mom has kept chickens for as long as I can remember, but I was never very interested in them. About two years ago, I took up an interest in chickens and started taking care of them for her!
2. I currently have 16 chickens :)
3. I have Orpingtons, Austrolorps, Easter Eggers, Salmon...