I just noticed today one of my girls has this lump showing in her ear. It’s solid, not soft at all and takes up her whole ear. I’ve previously noticed in the last few months her face has always seemed a little bit pale, and the area where the ears were on both sides has seemed to stick out a...
Hi everyone. I have a Wyandotte hen we hatched from eggs bought from a breeder. She was supposed to be a gold wyandotte but her colouring is more a light orangy feather colour with a more silver/grey lacing rather than black (it might be a little hard to see this in the pictures). Is there a...
A bantam frizzle rooster we got about 4 days ago has a runny nose and sometimes wheezes when he is breathing. The discharge from the nose is clear and their isn’t much of it, but two days ago his nose was really blocked and I had to clear it for him. All the other chooks we have (Pekin Bantams)...
We recently got a bantam frizzle but I’m not sure what breed he is. Any guesses?? Also is there a chance he might be frazzled/curly? His feathers aren’t soft at all, they’re almost hard sometimes.
So, we have purebred Pekin Bantam hens and are about to get a frizzle cross rooster. If we breed them, will the chicks have frizzle feathers like the rooster or normal, smooth feathers like the hens?