One of my hens has been sitting on the nest box all day until this afternoon, but she is still in the hen house and wont go oitside. She appears healthy in the eyes and feathers. Vent seems normal. But the comb is pale and laid over. This is my alpha hen too and she dont like being picked up...
Want to share an experience I had recently that I could find no info on the internet about. I had a hen limping, got her out of the pen to examine her foot. Looked like a cross between bumblefoot and scaly leg mites. It wasnt exactly like bumble foot but the pad was swollen and hard. It did...
Howdy folks!! I am just starting to learn about quails and I am finding info on quails to vary from source to source and so i figured I would come ask some questions I have In a place I know I can get some good feed back. Any knowledge you may have would be a great help an much appreciated...
So I decided to make one of those L shaped 4" pvc pipe feeders, you know 2 end caps, one 90 degree elbow and two pieces of pvc with the vertical being the gravity fed storage and the horizontal with holes/top cut out for chickens to access the feed. Well, the feed is getting caught in the 90...
sport. as in a chicken thats a sport. for instance, i read that the white rocks was developed from a barred rock sport or a barred sport. anyone have any idea what that means? thanks.
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was wondering, which would be better to go with my buff orps, white rocks or black stars. by better i mean no excessive fighting or picking on. (i dig it there will be some.) was...
i got them buff orps, barred rocks, and white leggerns. (soon to get white rocks and black stars) i been looking on here awhile but i got a non smart phone and cant always use computer so i cant make/check an account from phone, i believe the correct terminology is a "lurker". i just get a...