What is going on with my girls? One as had a bald rump for a few months now. It is not wet with yeast and doesn’t totally appear to just be plucked. Do old chickens get skin atrophy? She has still been off and on laying in her 6-7th year of life.
The other has been getting mangy looking neck...
I ordered female olive eggers and was sent white Cochin🤦🏼♀️
Any idea if this is a 8 week old male in the first pic? Also, my Easter egger that is suppose to be a pullet from the same hatchery has a very pink comb and is quite a bossy little thing! Picture 2 and 3. ‘She’ is also 8 weeks! Thank...
Are these saddle feathers in pic. 1 (pic 2 comb, pic 3 tail feathers)?? All the feathers are a little narrow so not sure. The other blue birchen maran received in the same order is pic 4-5.
I need help from all you experts deciphering the info on this site about respiratory illnesses. First here is my issue:
I introduced 2 new birds to my 2 remaining birds and one of them sneezes every now and then and makes audible noise when breathing only sometimes. I have had them for 3 weeks...
I need help from all you experts deciphering the info on this site about respiratory illnesses. First here is my issue:
I introduced 2 new birds to my 2 remaining birds and one of them sneezes every now and then and makes audible noise when breathing only sometimes. I have had them for 3 weeks...
I am posting this in the disease forum, because I had one of my four 11 week old chicks die a couple weeks ago. I ended up bringing her UC Davis to be euthanized and have a necropsy. We suspected Marek's given the symptoms (paralysis coming and going, antibiotics not helping, healthy appetite...
I am new to chicken keeping and we left our 4 10 week old pullets in the care of someone else for 2 days in warm weather (with food and 2 water sources). When we returned home this evening (8:30pm) they were dog piled on each other as they usually are for bed. We wanted to check on them more...