One of my hens has been acting odd for a few days. I haven’t seen her eat or drink for days. She stands alone from the other hens, and I haven’t seen her in the nest box. I picked her up just now to examine her. Her crop is empty and she has a lump in her rear, like a huge lump of hardened poop...
I'd like to add some silkies to my flock, currently consisting of 2 red stars, 1 white leghorn, and 1 black star led by an australorp rooster. I noticed that many craiglisters sell silkies in a groups, usually a roo with a few hens, so I am wondering if silkies hens do well with roosters of...
Hi, I just joined the BYC to ask these questions. I'm a new chicken parent. (1) My rooster, a little over a year old, suddenly went blind in one eye. The other eye is normal. He lives with two hens in a very large fenced-in run and a secured coop. No fighting as far as I know. What caused his...