We lost a Leghorn today, we think its because she was leaking an egg from her oviduct. I went to check on the girls and to my surprise , found one still i
n the nest! Less than an hour later, we checked on her again and she was gone... there was egg yoke next to her and her backside seemed...
So, we had our first cock fight... Our Silver Phoenix Rooster attacked our Mille Fleur Rooster yesterday and completely scalped the back half of his head and tore of the half of his comb. When we noticed what had happened, the Mille Fleur was in rough shape. We isolated him, gave him medicated...
Our Mille Fleur rooster has completely stopped crowing. He is young, around 18-20 weeks, but had been crowing for probably 3 weeks or so. He was clearly the leader of the pack, perching and loudly expressing himself but for the last week has been quiet and blends in with the rest. When we enter...
In the last 8 days we lost 7 chicks! 6 buckeyes and 1 Americana. The buckeyes were all in the same brooder but there were also other breeds in there which seem fine. I'm wondering if this is more common with Buckeyes (Maybe they are more sensitive to the elements?) or if this is just a fluke...