Well, I guess I have resigned myself to her being a him.....I changed her name from "girlfriend" to "Rocky" since he rocks back on his butt. Thanks for the advice and he WAS vaccinated when he was born. He seems to be holding his own against the bullies ( barred rocks) ;)
She doesn't have Spurs up on her leg, just normal girl feet. Can't girls have pretty feathers too? She was always a little blonder than the red ones. They are vaccinated before they are sold. I will ask my breeder what she thinks. Thanks
Hello, I have a 4 month old ameracana that started stumbling when she puts her head down to eat. She is bigger than her sisters and has a more developed comb and waddle. She sits on her butt when she puts her head down,but when she is running she looks normal. She gets bullied by the barred...
I was wondering if you could teach 5 year olds to drink from nipple waterers? They have been brought up to drink from an open waterer and now I have too many to keep it clean daily.
My mom once told me that a chicken that quit laying eggs was called an old biddie,so I am not being impolite to my girls. Well, I have one buff Orpington that didn't lay an egg for over a year. This winter, I got three new chicks and finally got them big enough to go into the coop, separated...
Yay! I got three new chicks, they are ameracanas. They all started out looking pretty much the same. Now they all look different. They are 7 1/2 weeks old now and just went outside, in a big box without doors, in the coop with my big girls. I'll try to post a picture.
Well, it's been 4 years since I got my four chickens and now, I just have 2 left. I have my two buff orpingtons still, they stopped laying when my New Jersey giant died 5 months ago. Someone started laying 5 days ago and so far I have 4 eggs. Today I got three new babies. Plymouth Barred...
I have a New Jersey giant that is 3 1/2 years old and she is going through her second molt. She looks likeshe is almost dead this morning. She was in her coop and couldn't walk, I took her out and put her in the sun and she is up and standing now, won't eat or drink.