I went out this morning to let my chickens out, and one is just sitting, opening her beak as if she's struggling to breathe. It reminds me of someone with asthma. It's too early here for the vet to be open, is there someone who knows what is wrong, and what I can do?
I bought this chicken as a gold laced wing Wyandotte, but as she grew and feathered up I thought she was a barnevelder, but she doesn't have the roundness of my other barnevelders or the same crop, so now I'm not sure what she is. Could someone help me please.
My 2 white frizzles had a fair dinkum blood drawing fight, does this mean they are roosters? My other two frizzles, one has a bigger comb than the other, so does this mean I only got one hen out of four? I wanted to post pictures, but I couldn't find anywhere to do this.
I picked up some 3 week old chickens 2 days ago, and I noticed there was blood in some of the poo. I sat with them for awhile and watched, and one seemed to be a little less active than the others, although she is eating really well and has bursts of running around. Can someone please advise me...
I got the Barnevelders at 4wks, six weeks ago, and the light Sussex were from someone else who told me they were 4 wks as well. I wanted them all the same age so I could put them in together, but wasn't able to because the light Sussex were double the size and I have no idea how old they are. I...
Tinkerbell decided to have a dust bath in the wet red soil, I think we may have started a new colour with the aracanas, orange and white because once this red dirt sticks its impossible to remove.
I live on the beautiful nth.coast of NSW Australia and I currently have 12 chooks. 4 are mixed breed from sussex, lohman brown and rhode island red, 3 are pure lohmans, 3 anconas and 2 araucanas. I will be adding some barnevelders later this year. I live on 8 acres so my chooks wander around...