My chicken started limping and I felt the same as you did.
-Have you checked whether anything has pricked the bottom of the poor thing's foot?
-Has she been wormed?
-Has she been jumping off high places?
My chicken stopped limping after a few days. Found out she jumped of a high shelf of...
This happened to my chicken too. It was can become really gross and stinky.
You can hold your Silkie over a bucket of warm water and just dunk her bottom in it. Hopefully it comes out.
My chicken had dried poop on her bottom and the water only took bits of. I even tried to use a brush to...
How many eggs a chicken will lay in a week would depend on their age, the weather, their breed their health. Choose chickens that were breed to be egg producers. It could be possible that all the chickens will lay one egg on the same day. In a week, your family would eat 24 eggs. The eggs the 30...
Well, chickenlover432, I live in Melbourne. It can get pretty cold here but sometimes the weather it unpredictable. My chooks look healthy and have bright red combs.
My fat Isa Brown is called Chippy. My smaller Isa Brown is called Curious. It sounds nice together. Chippy and Curious. My niece can't tell which is which so she calls them Fatty and Skinny.
Whoops, I forgot to add more info. Chippy is 2 yo Isa Brown who has been molting ever since last week. When she wasn't being herself, she stopped laying eggs. The last egg she laid was an egg with a soft shell that spattered everywhere. I am not sure if she had been tested for worms.
For a couple of days, I have realised that my fattest chicken, Chippy, isn't up to what she loves to do. She loves to sleep on me, look for food and run. But now she just stands there and gives me a sad look. Chippy's body looks bigger during the past days. Do you think that this has to do with...
The big, fatter one that has a white tail is called Chippy. She likes to eat and sleep on my lap. She always poses when I take a photo of her.
The smaller one that is fully brown is called Curious. She likes to explore and sit on my shoulder. She is very kind and gentle.