I have 4 roosters in need of homes. One buff Orpington rooster, already doing a great job protecting the flock, one buff silkie and two splash silkie roosters. They are around four months old, all but one splash silkie is crowing. Let me know if you are interested or have ideas of where they can...
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I unfortunately have had my golden laced wydandotte isolated in a crate for the last 48 hours. I noticed her spending a lot of time in the nest box and hanging out in the corner of the run last week. She is 7.5 months old had has not started laying yet, so I was thinking she...
These bugs seemed to pop up overnight, my hub noticed them over the weekend. What are they and how do we get rid of them? We have dealt with chicken lice before on the birds, but having them ALL OVER the run is new. Help!
IN my most recent batch of chicks I ended up with 4 silkie roosters and 1 EE roo who are 5 months old. That is way to many roosters and I need help! Peggy Olson is gorgeous, and now going by Pedro Peggo. He has a gray tail with orange saddle feathers, very pretty young man. More dets here...
Happy Tuesday everyone! If you woke up this morning with a hankering for some roosters, I have got some good ones for you! Our 4 silkie chicks that we were positive we would have 50/50 odds of hens vs. roosters all turned into boys!! I have two buffs, one white, one splash/gray. They are approx...
Sir Sylvia is in need of a new, good home. He's a good rooster, will puff out his chest to attempt intimidation, but not too aggressive. I have no issues cleaning the coop, refilling food around him. We recently got a new batch of chicks and so far two are already roosters, so it's time to start...
I've been suspicious of Peggy Olson for awhile now, and with the recent appearance of golden saddle feathers she's pretty definitely a he. He came in a group of 13 chicks we ordered from chickensforbackyards.com, he is almost 3 months old. The original order consisted of 11 chicks, but they...
I'm feeling a little bummed out, we lost our beautiful white hen Linda to a hawk today. We are 3 years into our backyard chicken experience, and I love my chickens! I don't mind the chores of cleaning their run, refilling food and water, etc. because they are just such fun animals. However, over...
My husband found our EE hen in the corner of our run. She has a small spot on her head that looks like some feathers have been pulled out, and her right leg is showing no signs of movement or ability to withstand weight. We have checked her leg thoroughly and see no damage to the exterior. Her...
My 1 1/2 year old buff orpington hen has had a messy bottom for the last three weeks. When we first noticed it we took a closer look and discovered what I believe to be chicken lice nesting around her vent (small and white). We sprinkled her, the rest of the flock, and the coop with seven dust...
I have tried doing my own research and looking at other threads, but there is so much advice on how to combine flocks it is hard to decide what is right and what is wrong. If anyone has a reliable link to a post here or another website that gives good combining advice I would love to see it...
Even though I know I should probably wait for a crow or an egg... I can't help but wonder if Harold Crick is a boy or girl. Postings at 4 weeks old had very mixed results on whether or not she is a boy or girl. She showed signs of a comb and wattles fairly early, but they haven't grown much...
I have a 10 week old EE chick who started showing lethargic signs today. When she was around 2-3 weeks old she began getting lethargic, showed signs of bloody stool, and I put her on corid for 7 days, 2 tsp per gallon of water. She recovered and was doing fine until today.
I noticed her head...
I have what I believe to be a silkie/cochin mix rooster. He has 5 toes on each foot, very blue earlobes (the picture doesn't do it justice), and a definite streamer/head feathers coming in. My question is, can you tell a chick's age? I know rooster traits start to show themselves at different...
My husband and I have a beautiful RIR rooster who needs a new place to live.
He is an amazing protector and has chased a raccoon out of our coop on three separate occasions. I am hesitate to give him up because of that, but our hens are showing a lot of back wear, I think he needs more than...
I am going out of town Thursday evening through Sunday and am trying to decide what to do with my baby chicks. We have someone coming to take care of our dogs and big chickens, but I am debating about my little babies. I am considering moving them outside today or tomorrow, seeing how they do...
I have 4 chicks, 2 Easter Eggers approx. 4 weeks old, 1 frizzle approx 6 weeks old, 1 silkie/cochin blend approx. 6 weeks old. I have posted Sylvia (the silkie/cochin) a couple of times, but she has changed a lot in the last week and thought I would post one more time... I apologize if I am...
I currently have 3 hens and a rooster. I have a barred rock, ameraucana, buff orpington, and rhode island red rooster. I raised them all from chicks together, and they are currently just over a year old. I have a hot/cold relationship with the rooster, he tends to test me and my husband (often)...
I posted a little over a week ago, but am hoping with better fully body pictures and her a little older I will get more feedback! I was told she was a silkie, but obviously that is out. She has fully feathered feet, only four toes, a small head compared to my other chicks, black and brown semi...
I purchased Sylvia as a silkie, the woman I bought her from said she was a smooth silkie. She then said people say there is no such thing as this, but this is going to be one, so they are wrong... Is it a silkie? I want another fluffy chicken, and was hoping for the fluffy head, but am now...