I'm nursing/culling a hen who seems to be paralyzed in one leg. It's been a few days. Have her in the house. She poops. She eats and drinks and seems to be the picture of health except for bein lame. She likes to lay in my lap. A few minutes ago she shook her head and opened her beak wide as if...
Our hens are pecking at our roo's feet also. He's feather footed. We culled him within sight of the hens and he stops bleeding, then at night he goes in the coop to sleep with the hens. The next day he's nailing hens and they eat etc then at some point the girls bloody his feet again. We've been...
Hi ya'll. So I ended up with all girls and wanted a rooster. I'm very new at the while chicken thing. So many people stepped up and offered me roosters! We were fortunate to live near Ugly Foot and she gifted us with this handsome fellow. We've named him "Oliver" (Twist). The girls are bein...
New to chickens. We have 6 golden sexlinks. They will be 6 weeks this wednsday. They are such characters! Who knew? So much fun! Can't wait to see the genders. When the rain stops I'll have to get some pics up so ya'll can clue me in on roos or hens. For now though here's a pic.