Blondie is a Black Asian hen, maybe 2 years old, who has been sitting in the nesting box trying to lay an egg, someone is laying eggs without shells (there are 3 chickens in the coop, not sure if it’s her but she appears to be not able to lay an egg. She otherwise behaves normally, eats, drinks...
Our adult Sultan hen started having draining eyes that would stick closed overnight - we would gently clean them with warm saline & cotton balls so she’d be able to see in the morning & as long as she could see she’d be up & eating like normal. We brought her in the house a couple days later, as...
Our 2year old rooster started wheezing about a week ago. He otherwise behaves normally, eating, drinking, lively, bright eyed & bushy tailed, no drainage or sign of fever.
1 nostril is dirty - he loves fruit & then forages so the dirt is certainly stuck on 1 nostril - I've tried to clean it with...
Okay, maybe I'm misunderstanding, but I was under the impression that Sultans aren't broody, which is why they're rare.
So, my precious Alice, Mavis' daughter, has been hanging around in a nesting box for the last couple days & I was afraid she was sick (she's the absolute sweetest, and I was...
I lost my Sultan cockerel yesterday; 2 days ago I noticed bloody mucousy stools & yesterday my little guy was "down" - I offered him water, which he drank, but he didn't rally, so I took him to the vet & he had a temp of 104, fecal float (-). He was injected with banamine & a couple of...
If a white crested black polish hen breeds with a polish rooster of another type, will the offspring be mixed or one or the other? Will the chicks be mules? Needless to say, I'm new to chicken breeding -
Thanks for your help!