My RIR seems to have quit growing. She's about the same size she was at 4 months. Here's a pic of her now, at 6.5 months. Her comb is at the same size now as it was at Christmas. Is she just a runt, is she sick? Am I just a worrier? At one point in time she was the same size as my other birds of...
I have chickens ranging from 6 months to 4 months. One of the older ones has started laying. Can I go ahead and start feeding oyster shells or do I need to wait till everyone is laying? I put a handful out and only the one laying seems real interested in it. I just have been putting a handful...
I posted on here last week about my chicken who had lost her balance. After several suggestions from here, we went ahead and took her to the vet. However she can't even stand up anymore and I think it is time to end her suffering. How do you know it's time and what is the most humane way of...
So I am new to the chicken scene. I have a blue Americana almost 5 months old. She is stumbling around like she is drunk and then falls. What is wrong? What do I do?
In early November I became a chicken owner. I now have five chickens: a black copper maran, an auracana, a blue Americana, a seckled Sussex, and a Rhode Island Red. What a treasure these all are. I am having so much fun and look forward to learning more.