That's funny! Mine is mini I think... She's little, I rescued her from a friend who got her from a feedstore, but she is so little compared to my silver penciled rock. But she isn't small enough to be bantam. She is really sweet, she was in my room for a month and a half so, she grew used to me...
I'm pretty sure it's not feather picking, they both drop their feathers and grow back new ones, and I've never seen the others pecking them (besides the little 'I'm the top of the pecking order' small pecks). One does have lice, but she's been molting like this since before she had lice (which I...
We have 9 hens, 3 are 1 year olds and the rest are 2 years. We get 1 or 2 eggs from the 2 year olds and 1 or 2 out of the 1 year olds. They have access to Purina Layena all the time, they always have fresh water, they get a handful of scratch a couple times a day, plus fresh greens every so...
I've read online some symptoms that chickens get when they have internal parasites, and my ladies a have a few of them. I would love to worm them and know that they are pretty healthy as far as parasites go, but I'm not sure what would be best. I'm not sure what type of worms they have either...
I don't know what I would have done if she would have died, so besides are 6 hens we have a seperate coop with the two chicks I raised and those chicks love eachother so much!
For the last several hours I have been dealing with an eggbound hen. I have used a plastic glove with vaseline on it and felt inside her vent and I can feel an egg. I have soaked her in a warm bath twice and have massaged the area and have put vaseline inside the vent. Checking now under vent...
I am so sorry. Some people Try checking Craigslist for them as the people who stole them might try and sell them, also if there are any poultry shows by you they may be showing them. Good luck! So sorry this happened!
My hen that has been in the house healing after a dog bite (doing great) seems like she might have respitory problems. When she is excited her breathing is louder than it normally is and the big thing is that she keeps stretching her neck out and opening her beak wide and kind of gasping (she...