these were from a hatchery and supposed to be pullets, but one has almost no tail and more barring. Do you think one is a cockerel? I can't have roosters, how hard will it be to find someone to take it if it is a roo.
When I got home tonight my kids told me that one of our hens had been sneezing a lot and is now making a honking/wheezing sound constantly. What should I do? She is only about 7 months old and our favorite. I separated her from the others and offered her water, which she did drink. She was fine...
When I got home from work, I found one of our hens looked like she had poop on her butt. Upon closer inspection, it was very red and swollen and looked like part of her rectum was protruding. It almost reminded me of a hemrhoid. She had laid an egg in the nesting box at some point. She kept...
Help! Something has gotten into my run twice now, in the middle of the afternoon and killed my chickens. I found them dead without their heads. My only survivors either flew completely out of the coop or went inside the hen house. There aren't any holes so I believe it is going through the...