Are Buff Orpington's less hardy than lets say . . . Delawares or PLymouths? We have had such a hard time with them - this is our 4th . . . the other birds seem much hardier.
Our 3 week old Buff Oprington looked like she was struggling to breath yesterday and then it got worse. Took her to the vet who said she had very little air moving in her lungs and was gasping. She said she probably aspirated some food. We were talking about putting her down because I didn't...
This is Chowder - she is about 1 1/2 - she is the top hen (only 2 of them in the coop right now). Both hens stopped laying about 2 weeks ago - and we actually found an egg this morning - to our delight - then we saw Chowder. Looks like new growth but there are feathers all over the coop...
So this morning I went out to check on the hens and "Red" was dead. Bottom of the coop in the outside area - like she was laying down and head down. Looked her over - no apparent wounds. In great condition and health - saw her yesterday afternoon and she still looked as beautiful and healthy...
for the new chicken so they have more space. Whatcha think?
I love it! I did a little video of it . . . have a look!
http://s263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/MelansonCrew/?action=view¤t=May302008-VID00049.flv
We have a hen that is about 8 months old (a Delaware) she has been the only chicken and is handled regularly - well, this weekend we got another chicken from a friend, a RIR, she is about 2 1/2 months. We let thme both free range when we brought her home and then later in the evening put them...
This is my first post. We have a Delaware hen. She is about 7 months old. She and our lab had some sort of run in the other day (but we are not sure exactly what happened - we kinda think she got out and got into the pool and the dog pulled her out - but that is just a thoery cause they were...