I have a barred rock chicken and all of her "sisters" have recently started laying. There are 8 hens all together and she is the only one not laying. Recently I noticed she is not eating and will drink quite a bit. We do live in Florida and keep electrolytes and a water source readily available...
My rooster not even one year old died last night, which was devastating to my husband and me. He originally started out with sneezing, shaking his head, and sounding congested. After a couple of days he has issues even crowing. We took him to the vet who stated it was most likely a respiratory...
We have 12 hens and a rooster where 7 were raised together and then introduced to our original flock of 6. They pretty much have gotten along well, until recently. All of a sudden we noticed not even a week ago that one of our hens (who has never posed any problems or caused any problems) has...
We just received a letter about our chickens/ducks and I do not know what to do or where to turn. We literally bought them all from someone in Port Charlotte. We have had them for almost a year and they have become part of our family. We just moved to a new area and received a complaint, but it...
Hey everyone,
I just joined BYC yesterday and so far I really love all the input and information I can gather being a new chicken owner.I live in the sunshine state of Florida and am really glad I found a forum that will give me a lot of support on this new journey! I am a soon to be bride, the...
Hey everyone, I really need some help distinguishing if my chickens are pullets or cockerels? We are not allowed to have roosters where I live so I need to figure out what sex they might be. I was told the Brahma was a hen and I believe the Cochin is now a male considering he/she started crowing...
Hey everyone! I am new at this chicken thing and I got two chickens and was under the impression they were both hens. However, as I continue researching this might not be . Can anyone help me distinguish what breeds and gender they are? The first I thought was a partridge cochin? I was told the...