DAY 5
Big wasn't doing so hot yest, I really wouldn't have been suprised to have woken up to her having passed. She was lathargic, napping most of the day and her comb & waddle had started to pale. She's been drinking, but I don't think eating. She won't put ANY weight on the leg now & will let...
so.......it all started with a broodie silkie and almost ended with a trash can!
chicken had been broody for several weeks, so we decided to let her sit on her first clutch...problem, no rooster called a few friends & got an egg delivery lined up for following mon (set up incubator,in case she...
i just got back from KY & daughter says one of our cockerels "nugget" is
sneezing (starting yesterday). i listened to him this morning & he did sneeze.
i've occasionally heard others hiccup/sneeze, but only occasionally. what
worries me is that puff was hiccuping some before she died of...
I bought 3 BCMs that parents came from Bev Davis (per seller) 2 have feathered legs, 1 doesn't. I have 2 questions about these pullets.
#1 I'm unsure about this bump on their beaks (the 2 with leg feathers have it, the 1 with smooth legs doesn't). All the pics I've seen on the internet shows no...
1) What type of bird , age and weight.
Buff Orpington, adult (at least 2yrs), i don't have a scale (she is...was... a big girl)
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
desceased now (non-emergency...my concern now is for the rest of the flock)
she had been fine. today was hot & all birds were...
i hatched my brood from a (brown/white egg) variety order from Ideal...
all have 4 toes
hatched 3/20-3/21
unknown breed. i'm hoping for a pullet, i love the feather pattern. clean yellow legs
close up of feathers
unknown breed. i have 2 of these & i think they're both cocks...may be pullet...
Section 5.02 Keeping of Fowl
A person commits an offense if he:
A. Keeps or maintains more than four (4) fowl on one-half (1/2) acre or less or at a distance closer than fifty feet (50') from any habitation located on another's property; or
B. Keeps or maintains more than ten (10) fowl on...