This is a photo of the bottom of a hen that is having difficulty. Last week she started bleeding from her bottom we thought it was a prolapsed vent. We cleaned her up and isolated her in a dog crate, after a few hours she discharged egg yolk so then we figured an egg broke internally. We looked...
My 2 original Swedish Flower hens lay different size eggs. They are a little over a year old now and 1 lays a large egg and the other a medium egg. Is it too early to tell if the one laying the smaller egg will eventually lay larger eggs after molting? I have heard that sometimes the eggs a...
I have several Swedish Flower roosters, I am culling them and would like to know what others look for in their roosters. Several of mine have floppy combs, should I go ahead an cull them out? Is there anything else that is desirable in a rooster, I know temperament is important. Thanks for any...
I have an almost completely white blue eyed moscovey female duck. Are the blue eyes unusual? can you breed for blue eyes? unfortunately there were 2 possible drakes for fathers and both are now gone.
Yesterday we got home from one sons soccer game to find another son had rescued one of our moscovey ducklings from the kiddie pool. We did not realize that ducklings can drown! We first thought putting it back with the mother might be the best bet for reviving it, it appeared lifeless but had a...
I have a flock of 6 older Americauna's. I was offered an Americauna rooster. I am wondering if it is a bad idea to introduce a rooster into this flock. I would like to breed some of my hens they have lovely coloring but don't want to traumatize them. Would like to hear from anyone about this.
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I have a rooster and 2 hens that were hatched eggs a friend received from Greenfire Farms. They are lovely pics attached. One of the hens lays larger eggs than the other. My gray hen lays larger eggs, and all the eggs we incubated have been fertile, the other hen lays smaller eggs and we...
how do you determine a price for selling chickens? I have 17 and would like to sell some but I am not sure what is a reasonable price. Any input would be helpful.
We have just slaughtered our 2 drakes, they were nipping people. We have one female and her 3 offspring. The offspring are 2 females and 1 drake. Is it acceptable for that drake to breed with the mother and sisters? The mother is also currently on a nest so there will probably be additional...
any suggestions for introducing chicks into an existing coop with 2 hens and roo?
In the past I have put a small pen with new hens nearby to acclimate them to one another this has worked sometimes, but these are smaller and I am wondering what others have done?
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I have been observing on this site for a while. Last year I was given 4 Swedish Flower Hen chicks as a gift. I love them! They are friendly and beautiful. I have two hens and a rooster and the hens are laying eggs now. I have hatched out 9 chicks and have 7 more eggs in the incubator. I plan...