One of our chooks Was lost for 24 hours and mysteriously showed up just standing there (her wings are clipped from the previous owner so it's really strange she just showed back up our fences are all 7 ft high) all of her tail feathers bar 2 plucked and with a look in her eyes just staring off...
I have 7 chickens in totall but the newest 2 we only got the other day, 2 silkies from a breeder about an hour away, I went to her home and the coop looked clean and all the chicks were healthy and partly free ranged.
But the 2 chicks we got I've noticed a little too late have lice (or mites...
She is 11 weeks old and we just got her a day ago, she doesn't move around much at all and does a weird thing that's a little hard to explain so please bear with me.
She will look to the right or down, and then in slow motion lift her head back and then it dips again, all in slow motion over...
Oh my god I really didn't expect how quickly I would fall in love with our new babies!! 11 weeks old, we picked them up from a lovely woman who breeds them. I'm trying to think of some 70's disco names for them, any suggestions?? :)
We had a happy little family of 3 hens;
1 Isa brown - Henrietta
1 Barter black - Hawk
1 Australorp - Mamba
But my housemate knew a couple who was getting rid of their hens because they felt they were being cruel because of backyard size. So they've come to live with us. These girls don't have...
My black mixed breed Hawk, had a black beak that ended in a clear tip, and today I noticed the tip of the top beak is gone! She seems fine and doesn't seem to notice but its really upset me, I have no idea how its happened. Would it be because the tip was clear?
From what I have learnt owning chickens for about 6 months, when a hen has her beak open it means she is scared. The leader of her flock, Henrietta has been marching around the place with her beak open and wings slightly out, 60% of the day she does this for a few weeks now. Is this because of...
I live right on the bush, so the risk is high but we never had problems before now. So far we have lost one chook and two ducklings.
The fight with the chooks is actually really impressive, my chooks were penned up in the small coop for the morning because my friends dog was visiting and she...
I live right on the bush, so the risk is high but we never had problems before now. So far we have lost one chook and two ducklings.
The fight with the chooks is actually really impressive, my chooks were penned up in the small coop for the morning because my friends dog was visiting and she...
Trying to work out what my babies are crossed with, I got them from a farm who just said Khaki Campell cross. The white ring has thrown me hah.
Also would anyone be able to have a guess at what sex they are? I know it's hard to tell but maybe from the markings?
I have 3 chooks and was...