I didn't know which topic to put this in!
My neighbor and I found two black roosters on her property. At first I thought they were bantam Minorca roosters but now I think they are black Leghorns. They were first spotted on a driveway and they came closer and closer to her yard and chicken...
So I just got a shipment of chicks from a mail order hatchery. They hatched and shipped on Monday and arrived Tuesday. There are 9 and all seem normal except the one. She is keeping her eyes shut except for opening them briefly while I gave her some water. I am feeding her water and electrolytes...
So I stumbled onto this website that promotes animal welfare, but they are against keeping any livestock at homes!
http://www.upc-online.org/backyard/
Here is one of their petitions to keep chickens illegal...
Hi. One of my hens died tonight, and I'm pretty upset, they are my pets and I love them dearly. Her name was PrettyBird, one of my 4 Easter Eggers. They are all 8 months old. I have a large backyard that they free-range every day and they also are fed Purina egg laying crumbles. I put pine chips...
Hello and please help me with this if you can! I'll post a picture of her vent so look away now if you don't want to see that.
My Easter Egger AngelBird has blood around her vent and the feathers were ripped out. I have 4 chickens including her and they free range my yard every day. I found...