My two year old chicken, Toulouse, has been laying thin-shelled eggs for a while now. Sometimes they’re already cracked and oozing out in the egg box or when we crack them, we find the egg white is cloudy and the yolk doesn’t hold together. She is totally healthy looking and normal yet she...
My Peking is definately a drake because he has that quiet raspy sound. The little black duck is still peeping and has really colorful plumage (black, green, blue) so I'm assuming it's a he. The little brown duck is honking, so it's a girl. I've read a lot of disturbing things about males ducks...
My pekin is about 4 weeks and my two little ones are more like 3 weeks. My father wants to get them out of the house as soon as possible. When will that be? Will they be abused by the chickens?
Ok so i got my pekin, Ping who is around 1 week old some friends who are much younger. they are about 4 days old. So far they get along... Ping seems to protect them and show them around. But sometimes she gets a little annoyed with them and bites at their beaks, not aggressively though. Maybe...
I just got two ducklings, a pekin and a khaki campbell. They were about the same size when I got them except the pekin was larger by a little. Now, after 5 days, the pekin has grown quite huge and the little khaki campbell seems so small and fragile in comparison. Also today I have noticed that...
The weather is cold, and I've noticed that my chickens' combs are yellow and skinny at the top. It kind of looks like it's rotting but I think it is frostbite. What can I do? I put Vasoline on them when I can but that's not often. What can I do?
I'm confused as to when pullets start laying eggs because I'm getting so many different answers! So the internet says chickens start laying at 6 months of age, yet the internet also says to start them on layer feed at 18 weeks which is about 4 months.... And you only start them on layer feed...
I had noticed a black poop like thing stuck in of my chicks fluff for a little while now and only today I decided to get it off. I used a paper towel and water to massage it off. The thing came off after I pulled a bit and I was surprised because it is not poop. It seems that the black thing was...
I have 5 chicks that I bought at TSC. I have a Rhonde island red, red sexlink, amberlink, Leghorn, and a black sex link. The black sex link is much smaller than the rest of them and looks kinda of scrawny (her fluff doesn't look look the others' fluff), and I'm worried. She doesn't seem...