Recent content by Rhcecil

Ok. Ya after 5 years of raising chickens I have never had this happen. This chicken continually seems to be changing more into a rooster looks wise and seems to be constantly scared. Like it knows it’s a rooster but afraid to act like it lol.

I have one very dominant rooster and then a beta rooster as well

The thing is it doesn’t act like a rooster at all and I have never seen it lay an egg and it’s a year old

Confused on one of our Welsummers. The chicken is right about 1 years old. We have always been curious if it’s a male or female. Havnt noticed it in the nesting box but it has never crowed or tried to mate. We have two other roosters with 25 other hens. This Welsummers comb and waddle is...

We squeezed and squeezed to get the infection out and nothing but blood and tissue

She cut right down the middle and really deep

We thought that but we couldn’t find the infection to take out and we cut really deep

She is an Ameraucana chicken

My friends chicken has a growth on her toe. We originally thought it was bumblefoot but when we cut it open we couldn’t find the infection. I have done bumblefoot before and know what it should look like but this seems different. Any suggestions would help. She is about two years old.

I was looking up those dewormers you mentioned on Amazon and couldn’t find any for chickens. Are those only available at places like tractor supply? Also yes her crop is emptying at night.

Another thing. If she had worms what would I give her? Any recommendations?

Could stress have any play in any of this since we just lost another bird. We recently about a month ago put to flocks together. They had been living next to each other for a couple months so they have seen each other a lot and have been free ranging together. They seem to keep to their own...

Do you have any recommendations on a necropsy video I could watch to help me do one if I need to. I agree if she does pass and I am able to open her up and take pictures it could help me have a better understanding. I have never done anything like that but I would like to learn. Also to...