I have a barred rock pullet about 5 months old and she seems a little sluggish and doesn't look up to speed. She just started laying 2weeks ago and laid like 6 eggs but now suddenly stopped and her top waddle is like slanted and looks droopy it almost looks as if she is depressed or something...
Here is the coop i have now and the 6 girls i have in it, i was thinking of building a big coop to house them and more incase i want to get more! or maybe i may even get ducks! Any ideas??? If people could post pics and give dimensions and what not that would be great
breeds? same chickens plus a white leghorn heres an individual of one I am sorry about the far away pics ill get closeups later, but can u help me for now???? i think that ones a silver laced wynadot, leghorn, 2 amercaunas, plymouthrock?, and RIR?? most of these are all guesses but i think i...
I have t baby chickies, one silver laced wyndote, one rhode island red, one ameraucana and two still unknown they are 6 weeks old and all pullets. My two chickens outside are a leghorn and a rir and they are 2 years old, when is a good time to bring them outside to live with the others.. I...
I went outside to find one of my full grown rirs laying behind the coop immotentlouse and growling, she would not move, I had to pick her up and put her inside. Once inside she still just stood the growling and looking around. Do you think she was traumatized by some animal trying to eat her? I...
It would seem that there is like some waste attached to their butts or something? I tried to wet a piece of toilet paper and get it off, but its like its attached or something?? I don't understand what this means? How do I get itt off???
I have 5 baby chicks about 5 days old, and it would seem we have a bully!!! He/she will not stop pecking the other ones and is really annoying me!! I do not know what type of breed it is because I have an assorted bunch but I will try to get a pick up of the scoundral!!! What should I do the...
I Have ordered from an assortment of 5 baby chicks from Randallburkey they will either be Ameraucanas, Barred rocks, Black Astrolorp, black sex links, Buff orpingtons, RIR's, silver laced Whyandottes, or white plymouth rocks. I will post pics of the new arrivals as soon as they arrive, but i am...
I have a RIR female adult and an adult leghorn, and i was going to get three new babies but i am not sure what to get. If i get three different typed babies will the three work as a flock or will they not get along? Will they get along with the two adults as well?? I was thinking of getting a...
im going to be getting 2 baby silkie chicks this coming week and looking for some one else who is too!!
ao we can post pics of the silkies growin up and help each other out on probloms and such.. pm me if u wanna!!
What are sighns of a hen going broody ? and if one goes how do u slip fertile eggs underneath her? and i heard they dont sit till like 12 right? should i put some fake eggs in the nesting box and then when she sets put some in under her? idk
i had a close call today with a BIG redtailed hawk.
i was sitting outside and looked at my girls and all of a sudden saw a huge hawk soaring above them. I ran as fast as i could to them and was waveing my arms to scare the hawk away.... luckily the girls were right next to the coop and went...
one of my hens has been a little mangy but i thought it was just because its at the bottom of the pecking order can u tell me whats wrong with it?
she is the one farthes to the right kinda far pic