Hoping someone can help me. My 7 1/2 year old buff Orpington is having difficulty eating and drinking, and the concern is becoming real. It started late April, following winter in Minnesota, I thought she had a dirty beak. Snow had just melted, everything kind of muddy. After several weeks it...
Hi friends, so here’s my dilemma… This spring we decided to add two pullets to our group of three hens… Those pullets are now five months old and I have a picture of one of them posted in the gender section for some expert advice… Pretty sure we have a Cockerell on our hands! Sadly, my...
Hi friends! This is a picture of our beautiful blue Cochen, approximately five months old/25 weeks. Cockerel or Heh? No eggs yet, No cock-a-doodle-doo doing yet, and wants lots of aggressive piggyback rides! Please help!
In the picture with two is her little Brahma buddy, five months as well...
I have 2 new pullets, approx 9-10 weeks of age and noticed red in the poop--just one per night. I took it in to be tested for coccidiosis even though we were told they were vaccinated. Results came back negative for coccidiosis, however positive for capillaria.
Unbelievably, no vets in my...
About 5 days ago I thought I had an egg bound hen. She was contracting though no egg nor poop for at least a day. Gave calcium, warm baths, olive oiled the vent, etc. When nothing for 2 days, I did a cloaca exam and felt nothing. She just stands around, eats barely anything (tiny bit of...
So my 1 year old hen has a funny smell coming from her beak. Not at all yeasty, more like vegetables that are not very fresh. Her crop is empty in the morning and feeling flat and normal. Poops are abundant in the morning and normal. Energy is happy and normal. We tried to look in her mouth...
My 3 Jersey Giants are about 7 months old...all seeming perfectly healthy, laying almost every day. Today was a normal morning...and then one laid down on her stomach, bobbed her head up and down a few times, flapped her wings and died! My husband witnessed the whole thing--it happened before...
Hi we have a 11 week old chickens. We've had them for three weeks and they have doubled in size. Were told they are barred rock, however they do not have the yellow beak and yellow feet that are a common characteristic. Their little combs are light pink, their beaks are blackish and grayish, and...