I picked up 10 one year old laying hens this am...all red sexlinks...and one little Frizzle Roo...he's only 3 months old...Big Henry towers over him....the pecking order started as soon as they were released into general population....poor little dude is way down the bottom of the ladder in...
I bought 11 laying hens about 3 weeks ago. Put them in with the 7 that I had.
I've had one BR that has had raspy breathing all winter..she still lays, eats fine, drinks ect...
Out of the new hens all a year and a half old, 5 of them have the same raspy breathing, some
make a loud HONK and...
I got a lame guinea.....
He is hopping along, sometimes putting weight on the toes of his left foot.
It looks like the back toe? spur? area has been damaged. It's sorta just hanging there.
It's red, can't tell if it's dried blood or what? And catch him? not in this life time...however
he is...
Thank YOU all ahead of time....
Here is where I'm at...
I bought a broody hen, who has raised several little ones.
She was transported in a cage for 20 min...was not "stressed out"..did peck the old owner
when they picked her up off the nest...the 3 eggs with her, I kept in my lap.
I put her...
:DSorry about falling in the door the way I did...but I've been lurking and peeking in the forum window sense Dec. I'm registered, bonified and baptized into the world of feathers and beaks........and I'm SOOOOO in love with my "girls".
I'm a city girl turned country girl in my ol age.....we...