My parents live in Spain and have just bought 4 hens at POL. Unfortunately their spanish and knowledge of chickens is poor and are know unsure what they have got. Mum thinks they are RIRs. However, from the photos I sure you can see that they aren't.
Does anyone have any ideas what they are...
My little 20 week old hen has constantly got a 'crusty' nose. I have wiped it (quite firmly) to remove the crust but then it starts running. I have noticed her sneezing a little too.
Should I be concerned?
I haven't noticed any of the others in the flock with these symptoms.
My roo seems healthy and has no problems walking etc but I have noticed the scales where his foot bends are raised and look sore and flakey. Is this something I should be worried about? If so what should I do?
Thank you
Yesterday I bought 2 light sussex crosses and a cuckoo maran. I was told they were all 18 weeks and pullets. I put them in with my existing flock last night and have been tolerated by the hens. I noticed this morning that my rooster tried to mate with the maran but behaved differently around the...
Yesterday I bought the 2 chickens(shown above) they are light susses (possibly crossed with maran or brahma) I was told they were pullets of about 18 weeks.I also bought an 18 week old cuckoo maran (shown below) which was kept in a different pen so wasn't comparable at the time. Now I have them...