So today when I went to go check on my hens I noticed my Brown leghorn was acting a little strange. I thought it may have been because she was getting ready to lay for the day, so I fed watered and gathered the eggs already in the boxes and went about my day. Well I just went to let them out for...
I came home from work today to find one of my eight 9 week old chicks to have a distended and squishy crop I think it might be crop bound so I turned her upside down and drained some of the crop contents and some small feathers and food came out, her crop is still pretty full but doesn't look...
So just last year I took in 3 banties that were Easter chicks and the parents didn't want them after they got bigger so I took them. But I also have 4 standard sized hen that are between the ages of 3-4, the standard sized hens have never been around banties but I want to keep them together, I...
So I've had my 4 hens for 3 years now, and all of a sudden my black sex-link is getting pecked on, and today I came out to feed and water and her tail is bleeding, could it have to do with the fact that my hens a molting? What can I do to keep them form picking on her. And should I separate her...
Do I need to remove the water from the bottom of the incubator or can it stay in there? Will he dry out fine with the water still in there? and How long should I leave him in there?
Sorry for the questions this is my first hatch I'm kinda stressed/excited at the same time.
I thought my oldest hen Luna was molting but now I'm not to sure, because she has lost all the feathers on her back. Is this normal or are the others hens picking on her?
Not quite ready to buy yet, but am looking for someone in the near future to buy some silkies from. They don't need to be SQ they're just going to be pet hens that may help me raise orphaned wild birds.
Thanks in advance~Lee
I have a one year old RIR hen who just now started sneezing and had crusty black junk around her nose is this a cold or some kind of respiratory infection? I need to know ASAP cause if she's sick I need to get her to my local vet.
Thanks for you time, Lee
So we were at the local feed store the other day getting some new chicks, and there was one I was quite partial to and it had puffy cheeks. But we were told it was a frying pan chicken by the store employee. I can't for the life of me think of a meat chicken with puffy cheeks is it a EE or some...
Today I bought a RIR chick and unknown chick of a layer breed, but I got them home dipped their beaks in the water and set them down they automatically sat down and have been sleeping off and on for an hour and half is this normal for their fist day?
When we first got our RI reds last May we started with three. They were straight run but we live in town so were hoping for no Roos. Unfortunately we got one Roo who we loved to death but my neighbor made us get rid of him cause he crowed to loud . So we were down to two hens which was fine they...