Hi everyone, my 8 month old black Copper Maran (Florence) began acting lethargic this afternoon, laying under the coop, holding her tail down, walking like she was uncomfortable. She was broody about a week and a half ago for maybe 3 days, at which point I rearranged the coop and temporarily...
Just got home and my 23wk OEG hen has an injury on he lower abdomen, near the inside of her leg. Her breathing also sounds a little crackly. I work at a vet's office and we have a chicken very so I'm bringing her into work with me tomorrow but other than keeping her warm and getting food and...
Hi chicken experts, I need some assistance sexing a couple of my chicks. They are a little over 4 weeks old and the two I have concerns about the most are my Delaware and my SS. The SS is only because she has no tail to speak of and is behind all the others on feathering, just now getting...
Hi there...I got my first order of chicks about 2.5 weeks ago (almost 3!): 2 easter eggers, 1 delaware, 1 buff orp, and one black australorp, all hens, from mypetchicken.com. They seemed fine when they arrived, and immediately started growing and getting feathers in and getting sassy...
We got a call at 6:45 this morning that our box from MPC was ready to be picked up at the post office! The babies were NOT happy and were letting everyone at the post office know it very very loudly...we could hear them when we came in the door! But they are all healthy and active and are now...
Next week I will be receiving my first 5 chicks. I had intended to get their coop started earlier but I've been having trouble weighing the pros and cons of the various designs. We plan on tractoring them, as we are in an urban area and can't free-range, but are concerned about winter weather...
I will be getting my first chicks in just about 1 week (!!!!!) but I just found out that both my partner and I will have to be out of town for the weekend of June 6th (when the peeps will be just about a month old). We have other pets and normally have our petsitter come in once per day to feed...