This morning I noticed a yellow bubble in the corner of my hen Olive's eye. I'm not sure if this is an infection due to a small scratch or something more serious like eye worm. ivermectin was recommended online for an eye dewormer, however I'm nervous about about taking online advise. I just...
About two weeks ago a chicken showed up outside my property fence. When we let the "stranger" onto the property it found interest in our chicken, our flock was out free ranging. My husband told me that the stranger stuck his head into the run and my rooster Chuck, and the stranger chicken were...
I currently have (4) 12 week old chicks and an already existing flock consisting of 1 RIR rooster, 1 Black austrolorp hen, and a RIR hen.... at what point can my two flocks mingle together ? The big chickens have a nice large coop and free range on our 2 acres,currently the little ones are...
I currently have (4) eight week old chicks that appear to be fully feathered and completly bored in thier brooder box inside my dinning room. We have recently been taking them out to thier coop/run in the day times weather permitting but they haven't spend a night in it yet. I took them off the...
I had a RIR named mystery that was appearently displaying odd signs for a day or two before she pasted this morning.... Last night while my flock was free ranging the yard I noticed mystery had her mouth slightly open and her breathing how heavy.... i noticed that her vent was pulsating ALOT...
I have a 17mo old black australorp that recently ( 1 1/2 weeks) started to loose ALOT of her feathers.... she has been broody in the past so missing feathers from her belly wasn't anything that surprised me but my family went away for the weekend (we had a chicken sitter) and when we returned...
My hens recently started laying eggs in a shrub on front of my house on the manicured part of our property, but noticed as of yestetday they have been exploring the unfence area of our property that's covered with blackberry plants... They crawl pretty far into them and when I go looking I have...
I have three hens (2 rir, 1 australorp) all three of them have just recently started to lay in a long shrub/ bush in front of my house, my kids found the secret nest after we hadn't gotten any eggs in the nesting box for a few days... My girls have been really regular about laying in there...
Hi there..... Im new to the world of raising chickens and need some advise. I have three hens (2 RIR, 1 black australorp) and a RIR Rooster, all one years old.
I got my hens about 1.5 months ago and my rooster about 2 weeks ago as my flock gaurdian. After the stress of adding the rooster my RIR...