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we lost a few chickens and im wanting to replace some polish. chicks or older, just as long as they are female. Any type of polish or sultan or pretty top hat. ideally, I would like to pick up from someone within and hour from berkely co. wv.. thanks, louisa

She cant stand up anymore, and wont eat or drink, were going to put her down. thanks for your advice everyone.i dont think i can really do anything else for her.

oh my kids know all about the reason we keep chickens, and they have seen them butchered and all that, they arent sheltered. they dont all get names, but some really good laying hens get to be pretty loved after brooding chicks and providing eggs over the years. those are the ones who usually...

yes, this one is our kids favorite hen too. its one with a name, sweet heart, becaus she sits on your lap outside. i really would have used a .22 by now, but my kids are so attached to this one. she was a good broody too.

she is about 4 years old. no other chickens are sick. i thought she was being deprived of food , as she is at the bottom of the pecking order. we brought her in, and she just stands in the cage, falls over alot, barely eats or drinks. she seems to have watry poo. wings are hanging down, she...

we sold 30 chicks and 2 ducklings to a man who just moved his small young family to the country and he wanted his 2 small kids to have a different life than he and his wife had, complete with chickens and ducks, because the land they bought has a pond, so ducks were a necessity. well, he asked...

we actually have them sitting on top of a warm rice sock in the box, its lined with nws paper and they are in a dark and quiet room. there is food and water fot them if they want to eat, im hoping they look better in the morning, and that they have recovered from the stress, and the air sac...

i did wash them after i took these pics, they look a little better, we wrapped them in towels and dried them. i couldnt believe how much filth was on them. those poor chickens, smashed like that for 2 days. they are still really puffy with air. never heared of a ruptured air sac, i hope it...

update with pics, bump

i cant imagion anything that would turn feathers dark, or light for that matter! i doubt that the feather color hd anything to do with the death. Buff Orpingtons dont like it very very hot, we lost 4 last summer from the heat.

cutting off the tail with the oil gland will save alot of plucking work. you DONT want to eat it.

anyone? i have them in a box inside, they are peeping but dont look good.

long story short, weve had a rash of raccoon break ins, my husband trapped them, and we thought it was over. well, 2 days ago 2 polish chicks went missing, thought they were gone, but we found them today stuck and smashed behind a nest box! they are still alive but look terrible. i will post...

Quote: Actually the none commercial rhode island reds are a rare breed and the true buff orpington breed is also maybe not rare to this part of the world but aren't really all that common. And This past time I got a blue cochin hen. Those really aren't that common. All three breeds are on the...

Quote: 75% actually on average. Might have been misleading the way it was wrote. Uusually 50% doa or dying and 50% of the remaining ones over the next few days. Big difference is this is all bantams ( I own no large fowl and never will), they dont ship nearly as well as large fowl chicks...

Quote: Is this kind of hatchery experience common? I ask because although I've only ordered from hatcheries a handful of times, I've never had a DOA or lost a chick. I've never considered myself a lucky person but if I'm beating those odds I think I'll start playing the lottery! oh my gosh...

Quote: oh my gosh, thats not true. geez, i know most hatcheries ive ever worked with dont do that, and they plan their hatches according to the orders, some may operate deceptively, i know mcmurry does, but many many dont. and its not like your getting a crap bird from a hatchery. we have some...

boks'n'rose : Our sweet little Australorp, the first hen we raised by hand - we called Coco. However, she has turned to the dark side and pecks at us now and thinks she is 'supreme ruler'. So she is now known as 'Darth Coco'. i literally LAUGHED OUT LOUD! its too much, i almost died, darth...

we had a roo do that, the hens were so bald, uugghh they looked terrible. sick even. he never left them alone for a minute. eventually the feathers grew back, but it took a long time. the above poster is right that some of the hens will pick and peck the new feather out before they have a chance...

can you not get some wormer?