Hey guys, the turkey attempted to come home the next day, got hit by a car in the middle of the road ....neighbors were kind enough to give me a new one tho! Can't beat good neighbors!
Below is two pictures of a 22 week old Buff Orpington/Rhode Island Red chicken. The first picture is the Hen/Rooster in question. The bottom pic is for sure a rooster. The chicken in question has larger comb and waddles than the obvious hens, and I have seen her/him mounting hens, however I do...
I have a chick that a Hen hatched, and she is 9 days old. Today she seems to be sick, keeps her eyes closed, just peeps, will not walk around, stumbles. Even when I hold her in my hand she acts like she cant keep her balance. Please help if you know some of these symptoms, she was fine yesterday...
Today my Spanish Black turkey (16 weeks) was in my dog's fence so when I went to get him out he flew away and hasn't come back. Will he come back tonight? He's been free ranging for about two months now and has never done this, so I'm worried.
For about three weeks now, my black silkie has been sitting on some eggs. I thought for sure none would hatch, but of course, today one did. So the mother is a full black silkie, father is Rhode Island Red/Buff Orpington cross. Ever heard of it? Seen it? Thanks!
Recently, there has been THOUSANDS (it seems like) of flies in my chicken's coop. They stay in there all day, breed, lay eggs, repopulate. Whats the safest and most effective way I can get rid of them? I've also noticed a few roaches here lately. Please help!
They are Buff Orpington/Rhode Island Red crosses. They're five hens and five roosters (because they've just gotten old enough to tell)...I thought maybe they don't crow because there are five of them?
Today, when moving some vinyl siding, much to my surprise after I picked the last piece up there were some light brownish-white eggs underneath the last piece, kind of in a rut. Thinking they were golf balls (I hit them all over the yard) I reached down to pick them up when much to my surprise I...
About a week ago one of my black silkie hens went broody (surprise surprise) and has not come off her eggs since. My roosters are only 18 weeks old this week, and I thought that there was no way her eggs were fertile, so today for the first time she left her nestand walked outside the coop, I...