One of or hens just started losing a lot of feathers and she seems to have these little orange bugs on her back. Is this something serious??? And what can we do for a cure?
So we have this 1 year old splash Orpington hen and she seems like she may be egg bound... She has been in the nesting box A LOT recently and hasn't laid in a couple days... She hasn't had a problem with laying before, but I thought this might be from stress? Recently our black orp rooster has...
Hey, we just got two bantam cochins and in unknown breed today. But one of the cochins seems to be coughing and then sneezing, and I really don't want to lose her!
Please!!!! Help!!!!!
I am in MA and am looking for serama pullets. Pet quality is fine, and preferably around 9 months. We have a silkie that we would like to be an indoor chicken and want her to have a friend or two. Not sure about price, Pm me if you want to talk about it!
Thank you guys!
hey guys, so our silkie bantam Wonder got gashed by a hawk today.
I did not see her in the fenced area so I told my sister and we went looking, I looked in the front and she looked in the back by the woods. Suddenly I hear " Wonder! Wonder! I ran in the back thinking she was dead, my sister...
So, just now I went to check for eggs and I found 2. One was perfectly smooth and clean as usual, but the other had some poop and hay stuck to it. We just put new hay in the nesting boxes yesterday so its not like they were sitting in poo.
Any help would be amazing!
Hey! I would love to start showing my birds but don't know the first thing about it. What are some things that are really important? do I need to learn about bone structure or anything? does it matter if they are a super fancy breed??? I would love to know anything and everything about it! Thanks!
Hey everyone, guess what? We got our first egg today!! Our jersey giant Precious laid it!! we were looking for her and couldn't find her and I looked in the coop and looked out the window and saw her face. She was standing on the nesting boxes and my friend looked down and found the egg! But It...
Hey one of our roosters seems to have a small limp and a swollen foot. we have checked for bumble foot but it doesn't look like he has it. I don't know what to do. I would really appreciate any advice or help! Thanks!
Hey, we have I think about 6 month old chickens and the temperature is in the low 30s and we put a Heat lamp out there for the night. Is this a good idea? Should we take it out? Any help would be very much appreciated! I really don't want to make a bad decision!
our chicken Luna keeps panting, we have brought her inside with air conditioning, given her water, we don't know what else to do. She also has a very squishy and saggy crop. Any help will be appreciated!
Hey, we have a 4 month old rooster. We know he is a rooster because he has a bigger and redder comb and waddle then the rest and he crows early in the morning. He is very nice and friendly but we don't want any fertile eggs. I don't want to sell him but I also don't want fertile eggs that I...
Hi everybody, yesterday our black orpington chick Molly died. we just found her dead on the ground. RIP Molly. lots of crying today and yesterday. I don't know why she died, but here were her symptoms. Hunched over, would not eat or drink very much, stayed in one spot most of the day,had yellow...