One of my hens, who I would say is three or four years old, has been noticeably lethargic lately. She has been just laying down and sleeping, and her facial coloring is very pale compared to her normal coloring. I noticed today that her droppings are green! All the other places I have researched...
I have recently hatched out some chickens for a friend, and she told me that they were Columbias.However I have never heard of that breed nor have I seen it.... have any of you backyard chickeners heard of it or have it? Just wondering
Are there any Bantam Brahma breeders in soutehr California? I am looking for some, but can't seem to find any. I recently lost our brahma hen and she was so beautiful and sweet I have decided to stick with the breed.
1) What type of bird , age and weight: Bantam brahma hen, almost three years old, possibly a little overweight
2) What is the behavior: She is VERY off balanced and she falls over frequently, and occasionally I find her on her back because she has tiped over and can't get up again. She has been...
It seems to want to like try and slide itself almost, it doesn't seem to be able to lift its body off the ground to walk. It can move around some but with waht looks like much difficulty, like I said its legs are almost all the way underneath it and it can lift istself up, so thats how it tries...
I have a new little hatchling that can't seem to walk! Her legs are underneath her as in she is almost completly lying on them both. I know its not spraddle leg because they arent out to the side, but instead infront of her. She is rather weak and want doing so well right after she hatched...
I don't know if this has been asked yet or not, but 633 pages is a lot to look throughSo I will ask anyway! :) I am hatching eggs with a broody hen for the first time, and reading in a few books that the hen goes out into the grass when she is off her eggs and get some dew on her breast to keep...
I'm really nervous. I am hatching my second batch of eggs, and the batch is currently on day 15. I candled just a couple of minutes ago with a decently high powered flash light, and I couldn't see anything! It was all black, no veins or anything. I could see the air cell and that is just about...