Does anybody know the breed of the hen on the right, with less markings?
If she is mixed, any ideas on what with?
Also sorry for posting twice, but I thought it might be helpful to get some pictures...
I picked her up 2 days ago and she's around 5 months old at the moment.
She is primarily white, with a few large-ish black markings on her back. Her comb is very small and pale and she has blue earlobes! No feathers at all on her legs, which are grey coloured. Thank you! :cd
Are there any other reasons for a hen to have swollen/raised scales on her legs or is it definitely scaly mites?
When I noticed it, I immediately assumed it was scaly mites, so I washed her legs and have been coating them with Vaseline, as I heard it suffocates/smothers the mites - but I...
I'd really love to get some fertile eggs from somebody my Dad knows, but everyone in my family works/goes to school from about 7:30am until 4:00pm, so the eggs/chicks would be alone for eight and a half hours on week days... surely that's too long for them to be left alone? What if one of the...
I have been keeping hens for about 2 or 3 years now and the youngest I've had are pullets at point of lay, but the other day, one of my Dads customers who keeps hens offered my Dad some live eggs!
So my Dad was telling me about it, and although the rest of my family don't really like my...
I have just noticed that one of my hens, Holly, has what looks like a large, pointy growth on the back of each leg? It's about half way up the leg so it doesn't touch the ground, she has four toes on each foot... so it's not a toe, I'm really worried, it looks horrible! I have never noticed it...
So at the moment I have: A Light Sussex, a Bluebell & three ex-battery hens. :)
I'd love to extend the coop and add some more hens to my little gang!
So far I think I'm going to get an Amber Link, a Magpie and adopt two more battery hens, but for the fifth hen I can't decide between a White...
Hey, I've only just joined BYC, but I can't find where to add a signature to my profile? I scroll down my profile and it's not at the bottom of the page anywhere, like seriously it's not there! How do I get it?! Thanks!