Help! My 3-year-old cream legbar Juliet started acting lethargic 24 hours ago and I went to bring her into the garage for isolation in a large dog crate this morning. She started throwing up a foul-smelling clear slightly viscous liquid on me, then had a seizure and died in the crate. 😪 The...
My 3+ year old Black Australorp Cleo didn’t want to leave the run to free range late yesterday afternoon and this morning she would not leave her spot on the roost to go into the run. Thinking back, she was a little “off” the day before yesterday, too -- I noticed her feathers were getting...
We didn't really know what we were doing 3 years ago and my husband did a FANTASTIC job of constructing it. We got very lucky in terms of how well it is placed for drainage when it rains, and for allowing sunshine into the run during the cold winter months while blocking the sun with the tin...
I ordered 7 pullets of different breeds through MPC and the order was fulfilled by Meyer Hatchery. My chicks are now 6-1/2 weeks old & I'm pretty sure one is a cockerel. That's okay since my older group of chickens consists of 5 hens but, especially with no experience in keeping roosters, I'd...
Hello, All!
First time chicken keeper here.
I have done quite a bit of research on BYC but am still undecided on the surface that will be best for my run, particularly with Vermont winter coming on.
I have a flock of 7 that are just reaching the point of lay. They have a run attached to...
I have 2 Easter Egger chicks that are 6 weeks old today. I purchased them from My Pet Chicken/Meyer as 1-day-old pullets.
Audrey is high in the pecking order and leaderly while Celia Is low in the pecking order and a bit flighty. Audrey is a bit smaller that Celia overall and has slightly...