One of my Ancona ducks is running around with her mouth open a lot. She’s also has her head tucked in more than her duck buddy, is a bit fluffier than normal and is doing a weird wing twitching thing. I’m trying to decide if she’s hot/stressed or if she needs a trip to the vet. Eating and...
last night while locking my chickens in the coop I noticed that one of them laid a soft-shelled egg off the roost. I was able to determine which chicken it was because my Brahma had a small trail of yolk coming out of her vent and the broken egg was under her. It is unclear whether the egg broke...
Sorry, this is a duplicate post as I accidentally posted this in another forum section. It is more appropriate here.
I have a hen approximately two years old who is behaving strangely. She spent most of the day yesterday in the nesting box sitting on a few eggs. I suspected she was broody, but...
I have a hen approximately two years old who is behaving strangely. She spent most of the day yesterday in the nesting box sitting on a few eggs. I suspected she was broody, but her attitude was not exactly that of a broody hen. I do not have any roosters in the flock. Today I came home from...
I have two chicks approximately two weeks old in the brooder currently. I am about to receive two additional chicks that will be only a few days old. I have done very well introducing the older pullets into the general flock of adults, but have never encountered this situation.
What do you...
I wanted to submit a few photos of my 22 week old BO that I think has fowl pox. The first photo is from a few days ago, the second is from today. I do not believe it has been cold enough in Missouri to get frostbite, so fowl pox seems like the most likely cause.
This bird most likely also has...
Hello all,
Can anyone help me figure out if this SF is a rooster or pullet? The photos are actually a few weeks outdated now, but maybe it'll still be obvious enough.
Thanks!
Greetings,
I'm new to chickens and have been having great fun with these girls, until recently. I started with a group of 5 chickens, about 2 weeks old. They are now 10 weeks old and I am now down to 3. I suspect I may be down to 2 by morning. The symptoms observed before the death of each...