So today we noticed our 1 and 1/2 year old Wyandotte's butt wasn't its usual fluffy self, it was covered in poop drippings and looked very swollen. When I was able to catch her, upon further investigating, i noticed that her vent seemed to have prolapsed! I've haven't had this happen before, and...
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So I have a total of 5 hens, 2 of them refuse to exit the coop through the door that's placed on the floor of the coop. So every morning, I have to assist them to the run, or else they get trapped up in the coop all day! They have no problem going up into the coop at night, or if they...
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Summer is winding down here in Connecticut, but so is my chickens egg production :( We had one hen who started dropping feathers, a few weeks ago, but stopped loosing them about a week ago. I thought maybe it could be a molt, but no other hens are molting, and that one hen seemed to...
My 14 month old Cochin started dropping feathers everywhere! We just got back from a week long vacation and noticed her feathers were just falling out all over the place. Our yard looks like a big chicken exploded! We had someone staying at our house tending to the birds, and they said they...
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We picked up some chicks today! They were being sold to us as Easter Eggers, though they didnt really look like easter eggers to me. The woman showed us some eggs, which were blue/green looking, and assured me that these chicks are easter eggers, but the chicks are awfully black...
I had to share because it was so funny! We offered greek yogurt to the girls today for the first time, and boy was it a HUGE HIT! They dove right into it making a huge mess of their beaks and faces!
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I recently acquired some pullets from a friend of mine who was in need of thinning her flock. I have 1 RIR, 2 California Greys, and 1 Ameraucana. They are all 22 weeks old and I seem to have only 2 egg layers in the bunch. I get 1 brown egg (whom I'm assuming is coming from the RIR)...
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As of this coming weekend my boyfriend and I will be proud owners of 4 chickens! 2 RIR, 1 Barred Rock, and 1 Ameraucana. They are all pullets who just started laying. We are getting them from a friend of ours whose flock became to large. We are new to the chicken life and will be...