Recent content by tbelcher

Several days ago m[/IMG]y hen was gone for the night and when she came back it looked like her feathers ruffled or she was molting. My chickens do not let me hold them so I could not catch her, but today I was able to and I have discovered that there is a large area of skin missing from her...

Is this one a Roo? Its supposed to be a hen but?? (Black astralorp) This is the same bird, is it a roo? This is a hen of the same age. And I got a bunch of auracana pullets and one roo but since day one haven't known who the rooster was. Do you think this little guy is a rooster...

So I'm totally new to the whole raising chickens thing.... I've got about 2 dozen laying chicks and 13 Cornish X. 3-5 of my Cornish X have butts like this... within the last 2 weeks I lost 2 (none last week) and have since treated with 1/2 tsp. Corrid in 1 gal of water for 5 days and medicated...