I don't want to post a picture of his birds without his knowledge, but my friend has a bunch of Silkies that had a black mother and a buff father... and they all came out black with buff "collars" and some more buff feathering on their bellies. Could anyone explain why that is? Incomplete...
Hey all; was a lot more active when I lived at home with my flock, but now got the itch to rejoin the community again. Feel like I don't know who the main characters or happenings are around here anymore, and wanted to make a thread to start talking to people again about anything. I like to...
I have two almost 1 week old brahma pullets, but Ladybug isn’t feathering as fast as her sister. I know they are slow to feather, but Ladybug’s sister seems to be feathering a lot more normally if that makes any sense?
I’m not sure. Ladybugs wings are just much shorter than her sister’s. Not...
Please help, all of a sudden all of my food has gotten a gray film over the top and smells sour, like lemons. It also moves around on its own and I swear I can see little worms, maybe maggots cause we have maggots??? What happened??? Will my chickens be ok??? I’m gonna deworm them
This was my rooster Pike before we gave him away. He’s a purebred buff silkie x some other purebred (ik they are both pure bc he’s the product of a flock of birds all from a hatchery/breeder, just not sure who his dad is)
Anyway, it looks almost like if a standard and strawberry comb had a...
Last month, my chicken Clementine started having diarrhea on the daily. None of the other chickens were experiencing diarrhea, so I figured maybe she ate something that didn’t sit right while free ranging. Eventually, she started to molt same time as everyone else is, but her feathers were...
Pike is a friendly and handsome buff Silkie cross roo. He is a great leader to our flock and keeps his ladies safe. He hatched March 24th, so he’s about 3 months old. We need to get rid of him because unfortunately our neighborhood does not allow roosters, but otherwise he’s a happy, healthy...
Hi there, we have two 2.5 month old roosters that we need to give away ASAP!! Willing to meet at a local tractor supply. They are healthy barnyard mixes— Benatar (black) is suspected Polish cross, Kermit (white) is suspected snowy ee x silkie.
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I'm trying to gather stories and resources of all kinds of poultry and how they aided people's mental health. I know mine certainly have... a story which will be shared in my synthesis essay for my English class this year. What I ask of you is to tell me your name (or any name you...
This egg is on Day 10. Am I crazy, or do I see twins??? This is only my second hatch! Is it possible the chick is just... somehow... wrapped around the egg?
I have a chick who internally pipped but no idea when she pipped. She was chirping quite a lot, took a nap, then chirped less. I can still hear her scratching, but she’s been internally pipped for at least 6 hours now with no external progress. Is it okay if I make a safety hole?
I put my chickens on 3cc per gallon of 10% suspension SafeGuard goat dewormer yesterday, and this morning I noticed one of my girls had diarrhea frozen to the feathers under her vent. Is this a normal/okay symptom? Otherwise she is acting normally and laid an egg before I left for school (formed...
My chickens are 7 months, nearly eight months old, but all of a sudden they're loosing feathers left and right! The entire coop is covered, as well as every part of the run. Shouldn't they not be molting until 16 months? They're on 18% protein unmedicated feed.
Just curious to hear your thoughts, but lately my smallest girl, Cheryl, has started chasing my feet and pecking them until I pick her up and give her a cuddle. I gave her a very quick cuddle this morning (I have to cuddle her until she relaxes her legs, otherwise she keeps pecking) and while I...
My chickens have a respiratory infection; snot, sneezing, a little bit of audible breathing, the whole shebang. Some have it worse than others. The snot is clear and not at all sticky, there's no discharge from their eyes, the inside of their mouths are clear and healthy looking, they've got...
I have an extremely broody chicken,, I take her off the nest every time I see her, put ice packs under her, all of that, but she's half Silkie, and refuses to break. I wasn't sure where to put this thread, so I'm just plopping it here. Is there any way I could go to my local tractor supply, grab...
What the heck are these weird white dots (not the urates) in the poop?? This poop is not fresh but not totally dried either. I don’t see it in the dried poops but I do see it in another fresh ish poop. We have a lot of flies and mosquitoes, and it’s a very wet and hot summer right now, so is...
My chickens always go to bed with empty or barely full crops. They’re healthy as can be and poops are normal. When they were younger they used to stuff their crops up but now that their older they free range pretty much all the time but I rarely see their crops full. If I grab one of their crops...