Soy (silkie mix hen probably 9 months) was acting quiet this morning, eating OK, but wobbly on her feet. On inspection she has a pasty, almost sandy discharge from her vent and maybe tissue blocking or protruding from it. A tiny bit of blood or injured tissue. I would suspect she were egg bound...
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My top-of-the-flock 1-yr-old hen has a red belly with almost no feathers. I haven't seen her pick at it. It is not bloody. The skin just looks really inflamed. She has absolutely no other symptoms. She's eating fine, laying fine, acting normal, etc. It flares up and down a little bit. I...
We have a 1-2 yr old white crested polish whose crest has been getting more black and less white recently. Her previously solid blue-black body now has white spots. She's looking more and more mottled and less and less black with a white crest. It's adding to her charm, just wondering if this is...
One of our three "pullets" grew up to be a rooster. He was a very, very late bloomer. Didn't make a peep until over 5 months old and now he is a-doodling away.
Any way, we would like to take advantage of our accidental rooster and go for chicks, but our hens are a Polish and a Black Star...
Our black star started laying about a month ago and for three weeks we got large eggs like the one of the right (regular grocery store size). Then all of a sudden we got mega-sized eggs (can't even close the carton lid) for a few days like the one on the left.
Now they seem back to the...
We brought home chickens for the first time just over two weeks ago. We have a Black Star hen, Ameraucana hen, a Polish hen, a black star pullet and Buff Orpington pullet, so 5 total of which we expect laying from 2 (the BS and the A). The Ameraucana lays nearly every day. The Black Star laid 5...