Well my chicken math starts like this , only suposed to get 4 hens (took about a yr of begging to get that), I bought 2 hens and 2 roosters at auction, later that week I got 5 hens and 2 guineas from CL= 9 chickens and 2 guineas. well 1 guinea flew the coop and sold 1 rooster (bought as a...
I have purchased a few of these girls from a farm that had 3 generations of random Roos crossing on Random hens. If a hen went broody she raised her chicks in the flock ect. ect. I know there are some silkies, EE's, games, RIR, and rocks mixed in this group. I also have a few random hens from...
Ok new to chickens and now I have about 8 hens all with varying degrees of facial swelling, and 4 have foamy eyes. 1 of the 4 has a little weeping from her eyes and lays down more than the rest but may/may not be eggbound. I can feel a lump in that general region but new to chickens so I'm not...
Hey, I have 2 dogs unfortunately both bird dogs, grown lab and 5 mth boykin spaniel. I let them out this am to potty and Beethoven my roo started raising hell. My chickens are locked up at night so I didn't think too much about it at first, but after about 20 secs my hens started raising alarm...
I am new to chickens and I recently purchased 2 grown Colombian Rock hens. after being integrated into the flock for about 5 days I have noticed this morning 1 is showing slight puffiness in one eye. No discharge anywhere, none of the other birds have any symptoms of anything. This hen was...