As the title states I’m not quite sure what happened. Thursday night when I went down to my coop I found one of my hens (turken hatched in July) laying on the floor with the back of its head bloody. Upon picking her up I also realized she had some air pockets and her legs would not move. I...
I hatched out 11 mixed breed chickens, they are now 5 weeks old and I’m trying to figure out how many potential roosters I have. I would love opinions especially on the naked neck.
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I have 6 chickens in an insulated coop. Ventilated and draft free. It is -9 F, or -22 c without windchill. With the windchill is -42 f, right now and the temp in my coop 5 degrees. All the breeds are cold hardy, however I have one who doesn’t roost with the others. She’s a Cochin and I’m...
These guys are just over 5 weeks old according to the hatchery. I’m in eastern iowa and the low here at night is 48. They appear to be pretty fully feathered I’m wondering if they still need a heat source in the coop or if they will be okay without one. My coop is insulated slightly and not very...
Hi I have about 15 chicks I moved to the coop with a heat lamp two nights ago. Tonight the third night I found one unexpectedly dead. The coop is insulated with little draft and the temperature reads 90 under the heat lamp. They have plenty of room to roam to where it is not that hot. No one is...
Hi all,
My chickens were just at egg laying age as a natural disaster hit my area. I live in the midwest and the derecho took out my chicken coop. No chickens were harmed luckily though! Anyways it's been 10 weeks since the storm and 7 weeks since I've built a new chicken coop. They are still...
Sorry for the low quality pictures, I had a hard time getting them to stay still. They are about 3 months old?
Buff Orpington, pretty sure a roo, has curled tail feathers.
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Chicken 3
I have a few chickens which are being attacked pretty brutally by buffalo flies. I’ve tried all the obvious, I have vanilla i spray on them night and day as well as a fan running in their run. I also have DE in their dust bath and have dusted them with it. The gnats just don’t seem to stop...
How long would it take these to kill the chicken? I haven't had any others die and she seems to be the only one affected by it. She has a pretty pale comb too, I'm wondering if she ate something she should have like something sharp. They occasionally get into my garage.
I have a 1 year old black austrolorp who pooped bloody poo two days ago. I immediately started her on 1.5 tsp corid/1 gallon of water. Last night she still has bloody poop. She hasn't been laying recently and is still eating and drinking but has lost some mass. I'm worried for her and I'm having...
I guess I should add I have an automatic coop door so there's very few times that they don't get let in even if I'm not home. This is more for extra security, I do like your idea townchicks I will just have to reconfigure my plan a little bit :) And Circlevranch I hope none of your ladies were...