Everyone appeared happy and healthy yesterday afternoon. Everyone says my chickens look so healthy. My one-year old SLW laid an egg yesterday morning, there was a little poop on it (usually there's not). This morning the SLW is huddled up in a small spot outside and I pull her out and put her...
Hello All - I have 5 chickens of various breeds that are 1 year old. Last July they all started laying eggs, but the Black Minorca only laid for 2 weeks and then stopped and hasn't laid since. She is at the bottom of the pecking order, but is never bloody or missing feathers - it's more bark...
So, sadly I just finished burying my first chicken (and hopefully last) that died - my only Cuckoo Marans. She was hatched late Feb. and had been laying for about 6 weeks. She stopped eating a couple days ago and looked lethargic, was isolating herself and had a big squishy crop. She drank a...
I have 6 chickens that hatched out in Feb and all has been going well with the egg-laying and health... until now. Background - They have been enjoying summer's bounty - bruised peaches and plums and zucchinis that have grown too large. Unfortunately someone threw in some peaches that had some...
So, I have 6 chickens: 2 RIRs hatched early Feb., and then 4 hatched late Feb (SLW, EE, Cuckoo Marans, and a black Minorca). July 5-6 the RIRs and SLW started laying small, adorable eggs - the smaller RIR and the SLW have been laying daily ever since (well, the SLW missed one day) - their eggs...
I have 6 girls that are 7-9 weeks old now outside in a coop with a run. Two weeks ago I put a bucket with 3 of those chicken water nipples in the coop and took out their old bowl. I showed them all how to drink from it and I think they do, except for one. Basically I still have a bowl out in...
I have two 8 week old RIRs and one started sneezing about 3 weeks ago and still is (I'm not sure if the second one is or not). It's really just a little "chew" sound, but quite she does it frequently like every few minutes. I see no other signs - no runny nose or anything. She is now in the...
Oh no, a roo?! or two? I have 4 chicks just over 3 weeks old and 2 are really big - the Cuckoo Marans, which also has a long tail, and the EE are huge compared to the SLW and dark coloured unknown breed, which are much smaller, but the same age (within a day). Can anyone tell me if the Cuckoo...
Hello All and thank-you in advance to anyone who can ID my "mystery chick". I got 4 x 1 day old chicks from someone who brought them back from McMurray in the US. A cuckoo Marans, EE/Americauna, silver-laced Wyandotte and mystery chick from the rare and unusual breeds (I had wanted another...