My hen has been weak and lethargic for the last 3 or 4 days.
She either lays on her side in one spot all day, or she'll stand up like a penguin. I found her outside the coop a couple days ago, leaning against a cinder block, and she's been in my room ever since.
She spent her entire day...
[I've already posted about another problem one of my hens was having today and I don't want to make it seem like I don't care about my chickens here. This is my first year having chickens and I love them very much. So any sort of unknown bad thing happening to any of them really worries me...
Hey there!
So I have a silkie hen named Beretta. For months now, she's had a bare back. It's been getting progressively worse since the summer.
She randomly started losing feathers on her back this summer and now it's like it is today. I always thought that this happened because other hens were...
Someone suggested that I ask you guys the breed of this beautiful man!
I'm not very familiar with breeds and Google doesn't seem to be giving me an answer that looks just like him.
I have a rooster that I found in my abandoned barn a few weeks ago. He's been acting normally, like all my other chickens, up until very recently, as in the last few days. I'm very concerned about him.
Some points to keep in mind:
1.He has lice (not infested, but a lot of nits)
2.I've given him...
1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I got 32 little chicks back in April!
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
I have 26 chickens.
3 roosters
23 hens
We gave away our 5 silkie roosters, three hens have been hit by cars (rip), and we found a new rooster in our...