What breed are these? They are very sweet and sociable but they have puffy feathers on their cheeks right under their eyes. They are twice as big as my pullets which are all the same age.
My little guy Angelo
is about 3 mos old and about a month ago I noticed a lump on the right side of his neck above his shoulder. He eats fine and he's crowing...well, as good as a 3 mo old can =). He just looks like he's lopsided. But he runs and flaps around but the lump makes him look...
I'm hoping someone can tell me what's happening to my best laying hen Starbrite. She has been bullying only 1 in the flock. Starbrite bonks Isabelle in the head every morning when they come out of the coop to eat, pecks and chases her all the time but never the others. Starbrite layed eggs all...
1 of my good laying hens laid an egg with no shell outside of the nesting box. Now I've noticed her rear has a bald spot. The area is pink, not red and doesn't appear to be swollen, but I can't catch her to feel it. I did notice last week that one of the other hens (all from the same flock) was...
Morning to all~
My silly girls have been allowed to free range in my yard and were laying eggs every day in their nesting boxes. I noticed they were traveling across the dirt road to my neighbors and I'd go shoo them back into my yard. Then I stopped getting eggs and thought maybe they were...
My hubby is building me a new larger coop with a run and I want to get more hens to add to my 3 layers. I'm not sure how to introduce them since I let my 3 adult hens free range most of the time. But from what I've read, it should be ok since the new coop will be new to all. So, I'm wondering...
I am new at chickening lol and would love to get an idea of what kind I have. I have one that's black with white speckles, a grey one, and a fawn colored one. I have pics, hopefully they help.
Oh ya...1 lays blue eggs and 1 lays pink, I'm not sure who lays what. Thanks for your expertise =)...
Hello all my fellow chick peeps. It's good to be a part of such a large community that shares all sorts of wonderful information, especially for the newbies like me. I just spent 2 hrs reading info that will help me greatly. I will have to post pics of my new hens and maybe a roo..not sure if or...