I have a group of 6 orpington/easter eggers about 3 months old. On Monday night, I picked one up. She was so thin! Tuesday morning she was dead. I checked the others. 2 others are thin. 1 of the thin ones had a bump on eyelid and beak. Today they are lethargic, just sitting and isolated. I...
I have 4 white orpington hens. They are 34 weeks old and haven't started laying any eggs. (even though I do tell them they need to start earning their keep lol) I'm in South MS area. Any ideas?
Any idea what could be wrong with my chicken? the area around the eyes/head is blue colored. comb is pale looking. she/he has been active until today. now sleeping,, lethargic. this one is a buff orpington from a npip breeder. she/he has been separated with a white orpington for about a month...
Yesterday I moved 22 of my 8 week old chicken to a large coop house from a smaller above the ground hen house. This was the first time any of them had been on the ground and had so much space. They all seemed happy, dirt bathing and running around. There were some bullies but nothing major that...
i'm new to chicken raising. Please let me know what I need to do. My hen is in a nesting box in a large coop house. The nesting box
is about 5 feet off the ground. There is one rooster and one other hen in this coop house. (10 x 8) My hen has been sitting on about 10 eggs.
Two hatched last...
I'm new to chicken raising. I have 3 hen and 1 roo easter eggers (was told ameraucana but I didn't know the difference) Had a few months now. Everything has been normal, eating, running around etc. Yesterday and the day before, she seemed sleeping, not moving around. Today she won't stand and I...
Hi. I'm new to hatching and am trying to fix a mistake. Help appreciated. I have a little giant incubator with fan and auto turner. (holding 41) I have been keeping the temp at 99.5 and humidity between 45-55. However, I didn't know I shouldn't add eggs after the process starts. I've been adding...