So this is probably the weirdest question I have never asked; but can a chicken be allergic to a certain food?
Let me explain why I am asking. So, I have a hen, she has been the most reliable chicken I have ever own. I gave them a cauliflower head that went a little pass on the date but it was...
So I have a rooster, that just yesterday night 1/6/2021 when I was putting them up had something yellow on his ear features. I did not think much about it as it might be something that he picked up off of the ground. I said to myself that I would check on it in the morning if it had not...
I have a hen that this is her second time making this moaning noise when she is about to lay. I thought it was just her pushing an large egg out, as she is not even a year yet. I also thought it was because she wanted to lay in a hen box that someone else was laying. I hear her do it again when...
I just noticed this a couple minutes ago that my rooster was "yawning". He did not act bother by it at all; because right after he went to do the rooster thing to one of my hens. When I went back out there he crowed 3 times.. Some people are saying he was rearranging his crop. I do not know how...
So I have never really had a broody hen before (been raising chickens for almost 5 years now). This is my first time actually thinking I might actually have a hen that is broody. The reason I am saying this is because not even a couple of days ago I had a hen that started to stay in one of my...
So I was putting my chickens out this morning and one of my girls (I have been watching her closely lately -- she has been slowing down and having her wings down or up depends on the day) her comb was like this pale grey color. This is unique for her because normally she is a light pink color...
I have 3 hens that are laying right now. Two of my hens lay in the hen boxes perfectly fine (needed no help to learn that is where the eggs go); but I have one hen that will lay in the middle of the coop right in front of the coop door which if she walks 2 feet she will be standing in the hen...
I have a hen that just recently that will have her head really close to her body and would even walk like this around the yard. It started on Saturday. She is eating and running around when I bring treats to the coop. She hang out with my other hen that has loss some tail feathers. Another thing...
Right now it is cold and snowing outside. My inside coop temperature is 62. My one hen is 2 years old, has a full crop, and is sleeping when she normally is active. I attached a picture (don’t know how to upload a video) of her. This is his favorite hen out of everyone.
I am getting mixed signals from these two chicks and I can not tell if they are roos or hens. I am hoping that they are both hens. The question is mainly focused on the two lavenders, also can is that chick between them a black orpington or something else. Thanks.
One of my girls this morning had this on her eye. I have know clue what it is. Being told to many possibilities and how to help. Need to know what it really is before it kills her or damages her eye.
If someone knows what it is can they please explain a step by step of how to fix or a video I...
I have one chicken (thinking it is a rooster -- not 100% sure that the chicken is a rooster) that acts all "bossy" around all the other chickens and if one little chicken starts flying around (spreading their wings to run around the cages). There is enough room for the baby chicks to not feel...
I have a baby chick that is not standing up and I have isolated her from the rest of the flock. I gave her tuna water thinking it was a vitamin deficiency, but when I went to my local feed store to pick up some vitamins medicine she got extremely worse. She would not like to lay on either sides...
I have a baby chick that I found this morning around 9 am and the chick was on her side right under my heat lamp. She was not making any true effort into moving when I was trying to open the window. I separated her right when I saw something was wrong with her. I have had some people tell me it...
So I have a group of 10 baby chicks, and they have been together since they were born. The weird things that they are doing and none of my past group of baby chickens have ever done. Starting with: laying in one huge pile with either laying on top of one's head or even the neck (scares me so...
My rooster has been a questionable breed for 2 years now. All I know is that he is almost up to my knee and he weights about 10-15 pounds (haven’t weighed him much but he’s around the size of my blue Russian cat). I’m been asked several times what is his breed and I don’t know. So I was...
I have one hen that falls asleep outside and she will be standing up but asleep. Normally I will call all my chickens over to the gate when I come over to see them or bring treats and she will be asleep in the middle of the yard. She is also 2 years old and I do not think this is normal behavior...
I have this hen that is about two years old and is a barred rock. All the sudden she started acting different looking like she can’t see an object as close near to her and just a couple of days ago she started to sleep outside standing up in the middle of the day when all my other chickens are...
I have had one hen start looking like this and then in a couple weeks pass away and I don’t know what I should do or even start at. She is a sweet chicken but hated being picked up but was fine when she got held and how she likes being held and wanting me to give her all my attention. This is...