My hen has white discharge leaking out of one eye, her eye is kinda swollen, she is SO skinny, and she can barley stand! What can I do? What do I treat her with? Should I put her down to end her misery? She really is suffering! Help!
My big, fat BO decided that she wanted to hatch out chicks about 2 weeks ago. I went ahead and let her try to become a mama hen She had 6 eggs under her, 3 of them were Guinea Fowl eggs. Yesterday, I looked in her nesting box, and to my horror, I saw an egg cracked open and a deformed chick on...
I have a HUGE Buff Orpington hen sitting on 2 chicken eggs that may not be fertile. She has been sitting on the nest for 2 days now and is very protective. The question is; are the eggs fertile? I sold my roo a week and a half ago and that was the last time she has been mated. What do you think?
I think that a thread just for posting questions about breeds and genders is a great idea for new/beginning chicken farmers. Many people start their own threads and don't get answers, so I think that it would be a good idea to just have a general thread on this topic. If this thread works out...
One of my incubating eggs pipped this morning probably around 5 or 6, its almost 4 now! The chick is moving inside, but barely chirping. Should I help the chick?
This is Bilbo, he is a Splash Ameraucana and he is my only roo. I got him about 4 months ago and since the day I got him he has been really sweet and he has kept his distance away from everyone(except the hens) Then, about a month ago, he started getting nasty and flaring his neck or stalking...