Hi everyone, I've been without chickens for years but I'm back.
I always had a lot of chickens but now I have two inside under a heat lamp. Okay, so I bought a silkie chick and a Cochin bantam chick. Both straight run but I love the breeds. The silkie started crowing so I had to re-home him.
I...
My Duck has infection inside head that comes out her eyes and sometimes has abcess I sometimes drain via syringe.
Well this is my sweetheart Ping-A-Ling. He/she (dont know how to tell). She is so sweet, she loves to give kisses and cuddling with me in bed.
She has an aweful infection that I...
Noticed a couple weeks ago my pullet Polish has a misaligned beak. I can not imagine how she might be injured, inherited? She can drink & eat cat/dog food so she is fat and happy. She cant eat chicken food or maybe she doesn't like it. She is a normal beautiful Polish pullet hen otherwise.
Any...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/sealy-booth-the-gorgeous-silkie-roo
Sealy is a GREAT roo but my neighborhood does not appreciate his crowing. I am asking $35 for just him.
I wanted to breed him with his wife Silkie. He is a pet and VERY tame and affectionate. If you want his hen as well...
I have been reading threads for hours and cant seem to find one that fits my issue.
I live in Texas and it is over a hundred degrees. I have a mister going in the backyard, I spray the soil to cool it, put out cool in a bowl (that is big enough to get in to if they want) water a couple times a...
I found an ad on Craigs List for Polish. I went to the house today. There was a notice from the state posted in the front yard that the house may be condemed due to unsanitary condition, loose fowl and standing water. I can not believe what I saw, and the smell was vile, I almost vomited. And I...
Well I have a lot of questions:
1. Opinions on Diatomaceous Earth. I saw a cockroach outside and we have red ant mounds. Is this okay to use with chickens. I read that I can feed it to them to keep away intestinal parasites and mites. Though my chickens are all healthy, I dont want to poisen...
My Barred Rock female chick is not growing. The other chick I bought at the same time (a Polish) is now a pullet. New chicks I have since bought are a month younger and the same size. She still has fuzz and not pin feathers. I have tried letting her outside for sun/fresh air, watermelon...
I am new to owning chicks, pullets and chickens. I am so in love! I started with 2 and now have a lot of females. Only 2 are adults and one lays eggs and the other is broody. I have these breed of hens: rode island red, black sexlink, buff polish, silver cochin bantam, Plymouth barred rock...