I got a black chick from Tractor Supply about 5 weeks ago, it just said straight run and everyone was black. Well, now it has a single comb and it's barred with black and white, mostly white though. My question is, beside Plymouth Rock, what other breed is barred with a single comb? I was...
I have a roo that is ten months old, & he is the oddest bird. He runs around the yard making weird noises like he has asthma. He drops a wing and prances up to me and stops. Sometimes he hits my leg. Then runs away. All other Roos pick on him so he spends a good bit of time in the woods with...
I have had my new buff colored orpington about 4 weeks now. He is just the sweetest roo I've owned so far. I have 2 more, but they are juveniles, and very flighty. Rascal raised his hackles at me one time 2 weeks ago when I picked up a hen. I tapped his chest as he came at me and he ran away...
I have a chick that is about 36 hours old, it was knocked out of its nest which is up 3 ft. It also has a gash on either side of its head and won't bear weight on his right leg. On his tummy he kicks both legs, is breathing not laboured, and drinking sugar water with antibiotics in it. I also...
I have 2 Welsummer roosters attacking me. One, Sam, actively seeks me out and even knows my voice when I'm outside. I can get 500 ft. away from him before he runs and gets me. This is every time I hit the yard. Which is 3-4 Times a day. I have also Dean, who only attacks me if Sam does it first...
My name is Lisa, I'm from Lexington Virginia. I am owned by 4 guinea fowl, and 29 chickens . :D
I have one German Spitzhauben cockerel, two mottled Houdans (one pullet, one cockerel), three Polish top-hats, six Cuckoo Marans, eight Easter Eggers, and nine Welsummers.
My guineas are the...