We have a Black Cuckoo Maran that is about twenty weeks old. Recently, she began walking as if she were uncertain of his next step, kind of like a drunk. She also has labored breathing with her mouth open and heavy breaths.
I thought maybe she was egg bound but she wasn’t. Her poop is solid but...
I have Whiting True Blue that is lethargic and can’t stand. She was sitting in the bedding of the coop while all the others were out roaming. She has always been a little different as far as activity levels and has a swollen crop area. Her legs can’t keep her up.
Last week I noticed a Lime green...
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I went out this morning to find two piles of chicken feathers in the yard - one from our Ameracauna and one from Plymouth Barred Rock. I found the Ameracauna carcass in our front yard with a trail of white feathers as if it were chased or carried. No idea where the Barred Rock is resting...
I have a Silver Laced Wyandotte as part of a six hen flock. He chicken has always seemed a bit slower than the rest. In any event, the flock produced a bloody egg yesterday. (The outside not the yolk) . Today, when we went out to collect the eggs, the Wyandotte was dead in the floor of the coop...
THIS IS MY 12 WEEK OLD PLYMOUTH BARRED THAT I AM TRYING TO FIGURE IF HE IS A ROOSTER. MY SUSPICION COMES FROM HIS DARK FEET AND HIS FEATHERS. HES NOT AS BIG AS THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FLOCK BUT DOES MAKE A NOISE THAT COULD EVOLVE INTO A CROW.
ONE OF HIS FLOCK MATES IS AN RIR, AME AGE, WITH A...
This is my 12 week old RIR. Im worried that he may be a rooster. His comb and wattle are bright red and seem to have developed over night. In a flock of three, he was always the second biggest but now hes almost twice the size of the other two. The feathers on the back of his neck look almost...
I have three 11 week old chicks - RIR, Ameracauna & Plymouth BR. I just purchased two 6 week old chicks, a Buff Orpington and Favorelle. These were bought from McMurray and shipped to me. Do I still have to quarantine them for 30 days or only until the other three start to accept them? The RIR...
I have three nine week old hens - Rhode Island Red, Ameracauna and Plymouth Barred Rock.Hatched on 4/26. I can’t keep them because I have small children that won’t leave them alone.Thanks!
Honey Brook, PA
We bought a Silver Laced Wyandotte on 4/29 along with four other chicks that are thriving nicely.
The chick wasn’t moving much so I took him back to the store and they said he had Splayed Leg.
My wife and I put a nice splint with a hair tie on him last week and took it off today. His leg was...
Well, this certainly sucks. I had four chicks hatch Sunday into Monday and they all died today in their brooder. Maybe someone can help me figure out what went wrong?
They were shipped eggs. They all hatched on their own and were kept in the incubator for a full 24 hours.
Here is where I may...
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This is my first batch hatching. I had 7 shipped eggs. 4 have hatched nicely and are in a brooder now. Of the other three, one has a hole in it of about the size of two dimes that hasn’t progressed since 8 AM (16 hours). The other has a pip in it of about half an inch and that has not...
New to raising chickens so very thankful that a community like this exists. I have 4 chicks that will be a week old tomorrow.
I have them in a cage in my garage with a heat source. Question: should I be turning the garage light off at night? There is no natural light in the garage so I suppose...