My daughter recently bought me 4 hens that had been abandoned in her neighborhood. They been fending for themselves for about 6 months now. My daughter was afraid they wouldn't make it through the winter and bought them to me. I had them quarantined for a month. Three of the four hens were sick...
One of my hens is very, very pink. I don't know what her breed is and I know pink waddles and combs usually just mean that she's not laying. I think she is 2 years old and it's just gotten cold, like 40 degrees. I live in Alaska. I have been observing her and she looks normal and is eating, dust...
This is a rescue hen. She is a Brahma, renamed Earnestine. She was found wild in the woods. Had been there for weeks and was a nuisance to the neighbors, so she was bought to me. She’s got what looks like a very resistant eye infection with drainage. I’ve treated and cleaned the eye every day...
These chicks were given to me by a teacher. I assume they are all females. Two were very fast featherers and one ( light brown) has a very prominent pinkish comb and waddles for a 3 week old, and that was throwing me off and the other two also have small white combs and waddles ( also 3 week...
My hen only hatched out 1 chick. I think she may have killed 2 chicks accidentally trying to help them peck out. I called a friend who sells chicks and she said she’d bring me one 2 day old chick. While waiting for that chick another chick hatched - day 25. I introduced the new 2 day old chick...