I got 3 little female chicks from Southern States yesterday to add to my flock of 5. They are doing quite well!
One Ameraucana, I think I'm gonna name her Tzipporah:
One Buff Orpington, I'm gonna name her Sappho:
And one Blue Plymouth Rock, name as of yet undecided:
I have 3 bantam hens, 1 bantam roo, and 1 standard hen. They live in a 20x20 moveable run by day and sleep in a 6x4 coop by night. I usualy let the one standard hen free range. I am considering letting one of the bantam hens incubate 3-6 eggs and get chicks. I am 100% not willing to cull any...
My bantam has been flicking her head a lot lately and also her head is looking a bit pale. Her comb is purple because it's been dyed with gentian violet.
Here's a video of the flicking. Should I be worried?
I'm treating some bantams for scaly leg mites, and have decided to go with the petroleum jelly method. They've been isolated getting the petroleum jelly for about a week and I'm getting kind of impatient. I've heard that diatomaceous earth (DE) can be helpful for external parasites, but I've...
One of my bantam hens has a toenail that is growing sideways out of her toe. The toe itself does not appear broken or anything and she's not limping. Is this normal? Do I have to trim this toe tail? It seems like it won't wear down because it never scratches the ground.
Note: this hen has had...
I've seen tons of users have a little paragraph about them that you can see under their post. It's in a gray font and separated from the normal post by a little gray bar. I'd like to make one, but I can't find where.
I am about to get four new Japanese Bantams from my mother's flock (one rooster, three hens). They have crusty white "growth" on their feet. My mother says that this is mites, and has been treating it with Scalex Mite and Lice spray for birds. She says that one of her other roosters actually...
I've diagnosed my three year old Production Red, Ariana, with Egg Yolk Peritonitis. She shows all of these symptoms:
Pale comb/wattle
Sometimes lays down in the middle of the yard for no reason
Difficulty/reluctance to move about (this one not as much)
Reluctant to walk around and scratch...
Ariana is three years old. She's free range on 6 acres. I have water set up for the hens at multiple locations, and they have food in their coop. Ariana has retired from laying with age. I last wormed her a year ago. She's practically skeletal. I think it might be worms (I have not seen any...
Buckbeak, my 2yo Dark Brahma hen is losing all her feathers without seeming to grow any back. She currently has a secondary Bumblefoot infection, so she's in a crate in the garage. I've gave her 5 1/2cc shots of Tylan 50, went 4 days without, and gave her 2 more shots. The last shot was...
Hello all, I have dealt with Bumblefoot before, but never on the top of the foot/leg. The hen's (her name is Buckbeak) leg is very swollen and hard and red and hot, which makes me think Bumblefoot, but evenly across her leg. I have no idea where to cut. Also, I'm worried that I'll cut into a...
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I have a two and one quarter year old Red Sex Link (named Ariana) who has always laid enormous hard-shelled eggs. In the last two months, however, she has laid continually worse eggs. In mid-April, she started every two days or so laying eggs...