Help! I have a hen that is acting strange but is showing no symptoms. We let our chickens out to free range and she stayed in the coop and stood there with her eyes closed. Now usually my rirs I can not pick up but I walked right up to her and picked her up. There are no swollen eyes, feet are...
Thanks y'all! I checked on him again today and the "bump" is still there. I haven't had a chance yet to chase him down and press it again today but will try as soon as I can.
Thanks! My other drake does not have the sagging "pouch" but the hard spot I felt on both of them seemed to be bone. I pressed around in both of them to make sure they cayuga had no differences between him and the ancona. The pouch seems to be saggy skin but I've never encountered anything like...
With your hens cyat do you feel a ball or anything?
With my drake it feels like just extra skin. He's acting totally normal and still runs fast. His eating is good too.
It seems to be pretty close to his poop chute too. Oh and he's molting.
I just check him it's completly soft like there's nothing there but skin. I pressed a little harder but I'm pretty sure it was bone I touched. I then picked up my Ancona drake and check to see if he had the same bone structure and it was exactly the same. The Cayuga is a little over a year and...
Help my Cayuga drake just developed this bump under his abdomen today I believe. I'm not sure what it could be. There has been no feed changes and his pool is changed daily.
Yes we are cautious with the chicken math. They get to go out and free range daily too for a little while.
It's a barred rock that is doing the pecking. Which is hard to believe since she's a parrot and snuggler and never pecks me. Now my buffs are submissive and they peck me like no other...
It's about the silliest thing to witness. My big roo will start crowing when the girls sing their song. But my juvenile loves to watch, such a creeper. ;) I thought I read some where hens won't lay if they are not in private so when it's that time of day he gets to free range.
Thanks it was my juvenile roo doing this and he only did it that one time. My pale one is my hen, but temps we in the mid and high 90s. This roo just started mating too, ugh! Thankfully the "warden" keeps him in check. The juvenile and everyone else for that matter is eating and drinking just...
I have to admit the pecking order is no joke! It's just downright awful! I put 3 RIRs in about 2 weeks ago, pecking order lasted about 3 days. Then my 2nd batch went in 4 days ago with all the big girls. The mix was a sizzle roo, lavender Amerucana, oe, and a black Cochin. All have been pecked...
I had our first hen start laying last week, she had her 5th egg today. Yesterday I had to get my juvenile roo out of the coop for she could lay since he was not to fond of her going into the nesting boxes. He went back in the run and coop after she laid. Then today Lucy laid another egg and she...
Thanks everyone she is still turning pale on an off, but seems to be acting fine. I'm going to freeze some jugs of water for them and see how they like it.
Sorry for the chicken poo picture.
Help! I just opened the coop (they have been on lock down since about 5 pm yesterday) and found this. Ive been trying to figure out what type of poop it is and how to treat it. Can I treat them all or do I need to narrow it down?
I have looked at the ever...
Today her face has been doing it less but as the temp is starting to rise her face is getting pale again. i just put more fresh sand in there for her to dust in and put up a temporary shade to block the sun rising into their coop. I just found her dusting again but this time with her hackles up...
Hey Yall Im a bit paranoid. One of my crazy hens has had her face turn pale on and off these past two days. She is eating and drinking normal and stools are normal. I looked her over and saw no wounds or anything unusual. They have plenty of shade too. Ive wiped down the perchs and checked the...
Wow he sure is gorgeous!
I had a feeling Gunner & Roo were going to be my good looking guys. Even though I am kind of in love with the black and white of Guido.
Thanks yall! I just had a feeling a week ago when the combs started to come in but I was in major denial. I just hoped I at least had...