I know this is probably a long-shot but thought I'd post anyway. I'm in Rochester NY and have 2 cockerels (approx 2.5 months old) that I can't keep. One blue-laced wyandotte and one lavender orpington. They are not mean. The orpington is pretty shy of people. The wyandotte is less shy but is not...
Damn.. well thank you so much for confirming, and the info about the comb, because that was weird to me. Wish he wasn't a cockerel. He's super sweet and I can't keep roosters lol
I've been thinking this is a cockerel, but wanted to get another opinion. He's about 2 months old. What do you think? Most of his tail feathers are gone from some of the others (I think he accidentally broke a pin feather and it snowballed from there)
She was actually named after a character in the Fruits Basket anime about the chinese zodiac. Kagura the boar
Maybe I just think she has longer tail feathers because she keeps pulling the others' feathers out :hmm
Got chicks at Runnings about 2 months ago, was told that the Easter Eggers were all female, but I wanted a second opinion on this one. "Her" name is Kagura and she's a huge pain in the ass (a bit of a bully). I noticed today that her tail feathers seem to be longer than the others and kinda...
one of my chicks (~8 wks old) was found to have a bleeding tail feather yesterday. I put some stiptic powder on it to stop the bleeding and some peck-no-more because at least 2 of his coopmates had blood on their beaks.
Even with the pick-no-more, it's still being pecked at and re-opened. I...
We aren't going to be keeping all of them. 4 were straight-run and we already think we have 2 roos, we're just waiting for them to crow/lay an egg to be sure. They're only ~7 weeks old so their coop/run is large enough right now. They have perches in the run and the coop (pics below, perch in...
Their normal diet is Chick Starter Medicated Crumbles (18% protein). I have 9 chicks, all the same age, their coop is 3'x'5' and their run is 5'x11-12' (my husband built it, not sure actual length but they have plenty of room right now). They've been in the coop for the last 2 weeks and have...
That sounds a lot like EYP. I don't think there's much you can do, but maybe google to see, or maybe other users here have suggestions. In the past, I've stuck a (gloved) finger in the vent to try and help the hen pass some of the built-up fluids (I don't think they tend to push stool out with...
What does her poop look like?
I've had a couple hens that looked/acted like that, that were suffering from egg yolk peritonitis. Their poop was generally yellow-ish, very runny, and smelled horrible. Does she seem to be breathing hard/with her mouth open? If so, it could be fluids/infection...
My chicks are about 6.5-7 weeks old and I noticed yesterday that one of my easter eggers, Esther, really doesn't have any feathers on her back. I'm not able to get a picture of that until maybe later, but I picked her up yesterday and moved her wings and I don't even really see very many pin...
Thanks! Yes we moved them out on Sunday after spending all day Saturday giving the coop a good scrub. It was beautiful Sunday so we actually had them in the run for a few hours (didn't get them in there until around 3pm) before having to catch them and put them in the coop.
Their automatic...
I've read a bunch of the other posts about moving chicks outside and I just want to make sure I'm not forgetting anything important, since these are our first baby chicks. They're currently 4.5-5 weeks old, and we're in Rochester NY. My husband wants them out of the house because of the amount...
The tub/brooder we have is made of steel and is 2'x4'. The chick is about 4 weeks old. Pic is attached, it's from when we first got them, though, so ignore how small the chick in that picture is (and we no longer have the white/red waterer in there, just the feeder and that black bucket for...