About 10 days ago one of my chickens died. It was fine in the morning, even laid an egg, and when I got there in the evening it could barely walk. It died the same night. About 2 days after, I saw a snake around my chicken coop which I could only chase of. The next day I was sitting on my porch...
I have a red star, that started laying about 4 weeks ago. First eggs were normal, after 2 weeks she started laying eggs without shell, but membrane around. I took her of the kitchen scrabs and gave her just the pellets. After 3 more eggs without shell, she started laying normal again. Now, 2...
I have three supposingly Americuanas, but I think they are Easter eggers.
However one of them is being lethargic since yesterday.
It is about 7 to 8 month old and not laying yet. The crop seems completely empty (at about 3pm). I gave some of their favorite snacks earlier, some dried worms, with...
I am a complete newby to raising chickens. About 5 weeks ago I purchased 3 Americuanas, and was told they should start laying in about 2 to 3 month. One week later one of them started drooling and had a slimy beak. I also discovered some crusty, bumby scabs on it's beak and a couple underneath...
Hello everyone,
I just got 3 Americuana, and run into nothing but problems, showing me how little I know about chickens :-)
For the last 3 weeks google was my friend, in trying to find out what's going on. One is sick, and trying to figure out if one of them is a rooster or a hen. Several times...