So I have a silkie rooster who has a swelled up face and a little bit of bubbles coming from his eyes.. My whole flock came from a hatchery and hasnt has any contact with any other fowl so what could it be?
I checked her this morning and her crop did empty her gurgling noise went down a little! Her weight is good shes always been a really stocky musclely type hen when you hold her
I have a easter egger flock that i got from belts hatchery they always have been a closed flock with no new additions! My pullets are beginning to lay in the summer heat whitch is around 100 degrees and today i noticed one of my pullets laying in the nest box but shes breathing heavily with...
yesterday all my hens were fine and running around doing what chickens usually do, today i woke up to find my favorite easter egger dead in the run. We dont have any predators besides hawks and the common dog. Our run is predator proof so i know nothing killed her. she dident have any bite...
Today I was sitting down with my flock and all of a sudden I start getting flogged by what I thought was a hen. Even after I got up she/he started attacking my leg! It's about 19 weeks old can you help?
I went today to the feed store and asked the guy what's the best feed for a mix flock of layers,bantams,seasonal layers, and roosters. He told me scratch would work best and add a calcium supplement on the side!
I'm thinking of getting an older rooster for my hens since my hens are terrified of our 8 month old coockrel, I came across a beautifull rooster on Craigslist and was wondering what breed he may be?
well I think it depends with the wheather I ordered my chicks in the winter so they threw in extras for added warmth and since it's getting hotter I doubt they'll add few if any
I have 3 easter egger hens and 14 pullets, I separated the 2 roosters for about 3 weeks due to my hens have rough looking backs, I put one rooste r back in the with the flock and he's been doing his job, when can I start selling fertile eggs, basicly how long is it till a hen can produce a...
I have 3 month old silkies that have had minimal contact with my larger flock, I had them quartine for about a month or so today I noticed my black silkie hen popping red, it looks like blood and she hasent been eating and she isn't so active anymore, she's in a bin but I used dirt as litter so...
I have 18 easter eggers and 2 roosters, we have so many bugs in our yard and they don't eat them, sometimes there's huge roaches that pass right in front of them and they'll pick at it but don't eat it, it makes me pretty sad because I don't want to use insecticides but the bugs are getting way...