Hey BYCers! I am writing a research paper on Woodstock '69 and have to include an interview. I haven't been able to find anyone who has had the awesome honor of attending the festival and was hoping someone on here has.. anyway, if you have, I have some questions.
1. If you could describe your...
So, a few weeks ago, I posted about my "color-changing" chicken but I never posted pictures. That's what this post is about! Anyways, my 3yr old Easter Egger hen Quail is turning white and black. She has been khaki/tan for the past 3 years and now all of the sudden... she's changing. No, it...
I will have to post pictures. I don't know if this is an illness or something else but my 3yr old girl, Quail, an Easter Egger, is changing from her normal light-brown/blonde coloring to almost pure white. It's not completely obvious, but quite a few feathers are white. I'm not positive if she...
Yesterday, my grandpa and I let out the chickens to run around. (It's a long story, but I'm having some family problems, not living at home right now, go out and take care of the chickens every day with my grandpa, because of this reason, I don't observe them as much as I should) My grandpa...
Nicolai needs a home that will give him love and not turn him into food! He is about a year old, non-aggressive, and good at finding food for the ladies as well as an amazing dancer . The only reason I can't keep him is because I don't like seeing my girls get mated. Yes I know, why did I get...
Nicolai needs a home that will give him love and not turn him into food! He is about a year old, non-aggressive, and good at finding food for the ladies as well as an amazing dancer . The only reason I can't keep him is because I don't like seeing my girls get mated. Yes I know, why did I get...
Nicolai needs a home that will give him love and not turn him into food! He is about a year old, non-aggressive, and good at finding food for the ladies as well as an amazing dancer . The only reason I can't keep him is because I don't like seeing my girls get mated. Yes I know, why did I get...
Nicolai needs a home that will give him love and not turn him into food! He is about a year old, non-aggressive, and good at finding food for the ladies as well as an amazing dancer . The only reason I can't keep him is because I don't like seeing my girls get mated. Yes I know, why did I get...
Nicolai needs a home that will give him love and not turn him into food! He is about a year old, non-aggressive, and good at finding food for the ladies as well as an amazing dancer . The only reason I can't keep him is because I don't like seeing my girls get mated. Yes I know, why did I get...
Nicolai needs a home that will give him love and not turn him into food! He is about a year old, non-aggressive, and good at finding food for the ladies as well as an amazing dancer . The only reason I can't keep him is because I don't like seeing my girls get mated. Yes I know, why did I get...
Monday night I found one of our hens, Onyx, bloody around her face. More specifically, the blood appeared to be coming from the top of her head/comb, and at the bottom of her comb, where her beak meets the comb. After I cleaned her up, I checked her over and she was fine. She continued to be...
I brought Chixsie in yesterday because she was poofed up and acting weird, the way a sick bird does. She wasn't eating so I fed her (with a syringe) yogurt, baby food, vitamins, and water. This morning she was gasping for air and vomiting a yellow liquid. I thought she was going to die. I took...
My two year old Polish hen, Synergy, has been having some issues surrounding her vent. Saturday, two days ago, I checked on her and she had prolapse. Her vent was out, and she had obviously pecked at it, for it was bloody. I began a grueling process of cleaning it with saline, and I soaked her...
Hi fellow BYCers! One of my good friends has a rooster and he has NO idea what breed he is. I've been begging him for a picture of the roo, and I finally got one! I was wondering what breed he is? Thank you!
First off I should explain that I have a blog. And I try to update it everyday. Here is the post from today (it involves chickens.. and it happened yesterday, just for clarification) And the first thing I mention is finding a sick hen again, which is why we were going to get an antibiotic...
Last week I posted about two of my girls getting sick:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=386534
It seems like the two of them are doing fine (knock on wood) but tonight I went to check on the girls and noticed that our Hamburg, Fawn, had bubbles on her eyes. She was acting...
This morning when I went to check on the chickens I noticed that my 6 month old pullet, Moxie, was acting very strange. Usually one of the first girls out of the coop, I found her sleeping on the roost bars. When I gently pushed her out the coop door she just stood on the ramp and made no...
My 4month old rooster is crowing. A LOT. Just today I was fixing his water (we started him on antibiotics this morning, just now) and he crowed but right after he crowed, it sounded like he sucked back in his air and kind of made a wheezing noise. I don't think this is normal.. His droppings are...
Okay here goes:
1) How do I rid my coop of flies? I've read on here about fly strips (which I'm not comfortable using because of a previous incident with duct tape and a chicken, don't worry, chicken is fine ) and vanilla air fresheners..
2) How do I keep the heat off my girls? This ties in...