He’s a little over a year old, was purchased as a chick labeled pullet but we all know how that goes! I’ve gotten lucky and not had any complaints with this guy (my previous rooster caused a county code enforcement issue!) but we will be welcoming our baby boy into the world in just two weeks...
When I went out to check on my chickens one of the hens was laying on the ground almost wedges into the corner, couldn’t see her head. I was sure she had died so my fiancé went into the run to get her but when he went to pick her up she made a noise. She’s still alive!! I lifted her up and...
Just noticed some black spots on my 12 week old blue Wyandottes (?) comb. They weren’t always there! Is it just the coloring of her comb or something wrong?!
I came home from work to this today
Basically she somehow got stuck under the chicken wire and now all he feathers under her wing are completely gone! The skin looks raw and red and I feel so bad for her. Is there anything I can do?! I can try to get a better picture of her now that she’s not...
Here’s my two current chicks- 5 week old ‘Ameraucana’ (Easter Egger?) and 6 week old Blue Wyandotte. (they both hit their week mark in like three days) Both purchased from the feed store as pullets.
None of my other chicks have ever grown weird shoulder feathers like this! Is it normal? Is it just a part of the awkward stage? Lol she’s a 5 week old ‘ameraucana’ from the feed store so basically she’s an Easter Egger right?!
These feathers right here
I picked up two of these chicks from the feed store labeled Blue Laced Red Wyandottes (which I’ve been looking for forever so I was stoked!) and then after looking at them for a few hours at home I feel like the coloring isn’t right?! They are darker and more like black greyish, I’ve seen...
My Buff Orpington who is coming up on a year old (she’s around 10 months) has lost some feathers on the back of her neck, it looks like porcupine needles and she is normally very fluffy! She’s the only one who is looking like this. I don’t think any of my hens have gone through moulting yet so...
This is my two month and three weeks old chick!! I’ve been thinking he’s a cockerel but I want to be 100% sure before I find a new home for him!! He’s a Dominique and red sex link cross.
My chick who was hatched by a broody hen is three weeks and two days old today. I was looking st other posts on here of chicks around the same age for comparison and I’m noticing that s(he) is a lot smaller than what you guys are posting. Is this chick not growing fast enough? Just small for...
I noticed my rooster has one eye last is swollen almost completely shut, he is acting completely normal not sick or anything his eye is just very swollen I’m hoping his eye is still in there. I’m guessing he might of tried to mess with our new baby chick and the momma may have pecked him. Is...
My Red Sex Link Hen and Dominique Roo had ONE chick. Is there any way to tell the gender based on the coloring? If it’s a boy would it look like how the roo looked when he was a chick? The chick is yellow, like how the hen looked at that age, but it has a black spot on the back.
What can I...
My black australorp hen has gone broody! She is sitting on three eggs which happen to be my red sex link's eggs which I think Is weird (right?!) but I'm assuming they don't discriminate on which eggs to sit on. ANYWAYS what should I expect these chicks to look like?!? Any ideas?
So it looks like one of my hens has gone broody and is trying to hatch some eggs, she's been in the nesting box for about three days now and WILL NOT let me move her. I put some food and water next to her, this is my first time experiencing this so I don't want what else I should do for her. I...
So my Buff Orpington hen who is 4 months old is acting very aggressive towards me! Every time I go in the coop she follows me around and pecks me super hard. Last two times these pecks caused me to bleed. I've tried pushing her away and she just runs right back at me. I matter how many times I...