We discovered our welsummer sitting in the yard this morning when she wasn’t able to run to get food with the other chickens. She was slumped to one side with her wing out and when we set her on her feet she sort of slumped over. We currently have her separated with food and water in the shade...
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We had a broody hen hatch 7 chicks from eggs we got at the farmers market. I was told that the possible breeds/crosses for them are: Leghorn, Easter Egger, Buff Orpington and Rhode Island Red. They’re almost 8 weeks old now and we’re running out of space. We can’t keep the roo’s and I’d...
These are my first chickens, and I don't currently have a coop for them as I was under the impression that they had to be indoors/somewhere temperature controlled until they were a minimum of 6 weeks old. Right now the Cornish X is about 5 weeks and the rest are 4 weeks old.
We found this chick wandering around outside right before Easter, so we think it’s about 5 weeks old. Does anyone have any ideas what breed it is and if it’s a rooster or a pullet? For reference it’s about 2.5 times as big as our Americaunas and 3 times as big as our red sex links that are about...