I had a hen with same issue. She had a swollen belly with no feathers on it but seemed ok. She was eating and drinking very well and showed no signs of being sick but then one day she just died. I noticed after she passed that her abdomen was worse and skin was red/purple. I did some online...
Thank you all for your kind words. I will never really know what caused these two young boys that were close and never had a fight to panic and die together.. If thats really what happen.. They were not use to being caged so that could of been what scared them.. The lady told me that before she...
you can tell sex by the way they behave also.. im good with sexing silkies but other breeds i can only tel you that boys stand and act different.. from moment of hatch they stand upright more then girls, they check things out first, they are curious and braver also.. So if your chicken is taking...
I love my chickens and always try to find them the best homes.. yesterday I brought 2 of my young roosters that I love so much but cant keep, to a lady with a farm.
I brought them to her house so she can watch them until they go to farm later.
She put them in the shade in a cage with food and...
What if I want to breed a sizzle silkie to a frizzled? is it the same as breeding frizzle to frizzle where they can come out frazzled or is the sizzle gene different and you get 50%frizzled 50%sizzled?
I have a chick that has a deformed beak. Super long and pointed down on top and to me seems shorter on the bottom.
She also has this growth under it that feels like a ball under skin.. She does seem to have trouble eating things like mealworms and moves her throat like a frog as if she has...
sorry i didn't see this sooner.. yes i have eggs like that you can find me on Facebook to order if you still want..
https://www.facebook.com/McdougallFarmNursery
When you have to Remove Bumblefoot Infection whats the least painful, least tarmac and least surgical way, to remove & GET ALL of the infection out.
What solutions are best to use that help the infection loosen and come out by itself?
How does the infection look? I would love to see videos...
I wanted to add some Frizzled Easter Eggers and Frizzled Ameraucana Girls to my flock, but to get 1-2 in each kind I had to buy and hatch out a lot of chicks. Now that they are 3 weeks old I can tell which ones are frizzled so its time to find the ones I can't keep a find good loving home.
I...
So what was that bump on the little splash? I have 2 young EE/Silkie chicks both have the same bump on their beak no one else seems sick they are doing good but im freaking out because i have other chicks and chickens and i do not know what it is.. Please if you know what it is and how to treat...
girl on left boy on right is my guess.. sometimes posture tells it all! Also the boys will defend the group.. so if one pecks you when u are trying to touch or get close that's the boy!
The squirls get in threw the roof and are pooping all over the place in my coop including in the food. My chickens never have any scratch or anything good because they take it all. they need to stay out. my run is covered with hardwire cloth they use the roof to get in and out that is a mesh...