I would also like to add they have access to standing water in my back yard. They are free range birds that also have access to my compost. She hasn’t laid an egg in at least two weeks (was never a good layer ever)
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
Hen d’uccle. So she’s very small to begin with but I can feel her very pointy keel(?) bone. I got her 8 months ago. She’s roughly a year.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
She started with...
Hello I am new to chicken farming. I have 6 chickens; 5 hens and 1 rooster. I have 2 leghorn mixes, 3 silkie/cochin mixes and 1 silkie.
My question is about the silkie. Her wings are really weird (assuming abnormal). Her feathers that are on the tip of her wings do not have any barbs/ barbules...
Hello I am new to chicken farming. I have 6 chickens; 5 hens and 1 rooster. I have 2 leghorn mixes, 3 silkie/cochin mixes and 1 silkie.
My question is about the silkie. Her wings are really weird (assuming abnormal). Her feathers that are on the tip of her wings do not have any barbs/...