Recent content by RollyWhit

She has always been slightly smaller because she had a severe infection when she was 2 months old and it took her a long time to rebound.

Yes, if she keeps it up, we will definitely have to get rid of her. I have a 3 year old that is too close to the ground for that type of behavior. I just wanted to see what possible issues there could be, and how to go about correcting it. I will post a pic of her (him?) in just a second.

She isn't laying yet. She looks female lol. She just started getting her comb and wattle this last month. Is there any other way to tell for sure? This is our first time raising chickens haha.

We have a 6 month old Australorpe. We have raised her since she was just a few days old. Her and her sisters have always been so sweet, especially around my 8 and 11 year old girls. Our girls love feeding them and simply playing in the backyard around them. In the last few days our Australorpe...

Another question! My Australorpe is the one that had cocci a couple months ago and I gave her corid followed by a probiotic. She pulled through thankfully. But we had a cold snap last week and for the last couple days she has been sneezing a lot and sounds kind of like a growl while breathing...

I will definitely try worming her first. She acts just fine. Has taught my other 3 how to dig in the rocks hehe, She just looks pretty rough. I was a bit surprised at her living conditions. She was in a suspended wire cage and was only let out every couple of days. Is it normal for their legs to...

Hi all! I am needing some advice. But first, let me give you some background info. We began raising backyard chickens in July so we are very new to this. We started with 4 2-week old chicks. We have an Australorpe, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Golden Comet and Rhode Island Red. All very spoiled and...

I was just getting on here to see what could be causing my 3 month old Australorp to be acting sick. If it is Coccidiosis, where do you get the medication that you mentioned? Do we go to the vet or would a farm store have it?