I have a barnverdel hen, 2 years of age, is otherwise healthy and still occasionally laying eggs (she wasn't a proliferate egg layer to start with):
Yesterday, I have found a lump on the upper side of her leg:
There seems to be a wound on the upper side of it and skin underneath and...
I have six 8-9 weeks old chicks. 4 of which I am pretty sure of the sex. There are 2 slow feathering birds, one seems to be a Ayam Cemani cross (the black chick), the other (orange brown) could be Rhode Island Red (possibly mutt). Both are just getting their fail feathers.
Are they pullets...
I have 5 cockerels, they have been raised together from day old. They now live in 1 large coop together on our farm (girls are at suburban home).
They fought before, to the point that I had to separate the two parties because they had blood all over their combs and beaks. The thing is that...
Currently I have 5 four months old cockerels and 5 pullets + hens. I intend to keep my cockerels in a bachelor pad and mix them with the hens only in summer season so I can get baby chicks.
Can this be done? I really don't want to cull any cockerels.
If so, what should I be looking out for?
So I have purchased 3 SLW, 3 barnevelder and 1 Australorp from a breeder. So far I am about 70% convinced that there are 2 female barnevelder, 1 male barnevelder and 1 male Australorp.
But I am still baffled what the 3 silver laced wyandottes are. They are about 5 weeks when the following...
This pet chicken that was hatched from an egg. I hand feed her and pet her most of the days since hatching.
But a month or two ago, she has started to acting strange. She makes weird sound whenever she sees me, possibly imitate the sound neighbourhood cockatoos make. She also puffs up when I...
I have a pet chicken, she is 11 months old. She has started to go broody yesterday.
As there is no rooster, the egg she is sitting on can not be hatched. I am thinking of buying some fertile eggs for her.
However, I am worried that once I get those eggs, she will stop wanting to hatch them...
I have 2 isa brown chickens, they are about 18-19 months old.
In the past few months, they seem to have problems with their feathers:
Those two are free range chickens, free to roaming about in our backyard (roughly 400sqm - 500sqm), on the lawn. We mix breakfast cereal with bird...
Here is one of my two pet Isa Brown chooks, I love my girls very much
Disclaimer: No chickens were harmed in the above photo session. My girl is live & well up to date.
Hey, I have bought 3 one month old chooks from a hatchery/breeder. They have been with us for 6 weeks. We are not sure whether they are pullets or cockerels. Could someone help us to identify the sex of those chooks? There are a couple of pictures attached.
Also the yellow ones are gold laced...