Hello - my orphington, Peach, has some little white clusters around her face that I am assuming is a parasite egg infestation - lice or mites?
I have searched around her body and her skin looks in good condition to me and I haven't found any other clusters of eggs anywhere else.
The photos...
I have had so much trouble with my 9 month old hens (Mara, Leghorn and Barred Rock) being constantly aggressive towards the new 4 month old new girls (Orphington, RIR, EE). I am worried that it will just never happen for me and that I'll have to give some of these girls away.
For the last 3...
My 8 month old Mara (top of the pecking order) has started pecking at me when I enter the run. She doesn't do it as I walk in, she only does it when I'm sitting down. It doesn't seem like she's trying to intimidate me or fight with me - she's not puffing her chest up or flapping her wings -...
I'm a first time chicken keeper and my girls should start laying eggs any day now... in anticipation I'm thinking about how I'm going to diplays these beautiful eggs they'll soon be laying. I've seen the egg skelter (below), which is kind of cool. But how do other people show off their eggs?
Hello all! I'm looking for some advice.
My 10 wk old Maran pullet has had a weird little personality shift recently. for about week now she's been moping around and not acting herself. When i hang treats like broccoli and swiss chard from the up above in her living area she doesn't bother to...
Hello all! I'm looking for some advice.
My 10 wk old Maran pullet has had a weird little personality shift recently. for about week now she's been moping around and not acting herself. When i hang treats like broccoli and swiss chard from the up above in her living area she doesn't bother to...
Hello all! I'm looking for some advice.
My 10 wk old Maran pullet has had a weird little personality shift recently. for about week now she's been moping around and not acting herself. When i hang treats like broccoli and swiss chard from the up above in her living area she doesn't bother to...
Hello all! I'm looking for some advice.
My 10 wk old Maran pullet has had a weird little personality shift recently. for about week now she's been moping around and not acting herself. When i hang treats like broccoli and swiss chard from the up above in her living area she doesn't bother to...
Hello all! I'm looking for some advice.
My 10 wk old Maran pullet has had a weird little personality shift recently. for about week now she's been moping around and not acting herself. When i hang treats like broccoli and swiss chard from the up above in her living area she doesn't bother to...
Hello! I just discovered that my sweet little silkie, Pearl, is a rooster. We can't legally have roosters in my city so I have to give my little chicky up.
Luckily a good friend of mine fell in love with Pearl the moment they met. He has offered to bring her to his mon's house - she's a long...
Here's my silkie - she's 9+ weeks. Her name is Pearl but I'm not sure she's a female. In the morning she is sort of aggressive - she hops around the cage, hopping AT and ON the other girls! This was my first clue to question her femininity. After some online research, I found out that I should...