Our Rhode Island Red rooster has bumble foot. We got a descent sized kernel out, but how do we know if we got it all? It's been 36 hours and his foot is still swollen and feels warmer than the other foot. I just rewrapped it, should I open it back up and see if I can get more or just let it...
Has anyone else had their hens kill a young rooster? I put my young pullets and 3 roosters(12weeks) in with my 6 months to 1 1/2 year hens last night. Everything seemed to be going well last night and all morning so I went to work. When I got home one of the Wyandotte rooster was dead in the...
Can anybody tell me what kind the grey, white, or brown chickens are. They are from a feed store. I gave always bought from hatcheries and known what I was getting. But I can't figure these out?
I have a free range flock 20-30 hens of all sorts of breeds and ages. 10 days ago I purchased 8 pullets around 16 weeks (all seemed health). This was my first time to purchase pullets and not day old hatchery chicks. Every year I order a few chicks do to a small loss being free range. This...
Went out to the coop this morning to let the ladies and girls out to free range like they do every day from sun up to sun down. One of my 12 week old EE pullets didnt fly or run out like the rest of them. She just stood there with her eyes closed. I picked her up which made her squawk and...
I have 4 buff orpingtons which are about 10 months old. I get 3-4 eggs daily so they are very awesome layers! About 3 days a week I get a very pretty brown speckled egg... Is this normal?