I just started my backyard flock this past July so I'm still pretty new to poultry keeping. 4 days ago 2 of my neighbors dogs broke into my chicken coop and killed some of our hens. We had 7 total, 3 were found dead in our yard, 1 is missing (I'm assuming it's dead too), one died the night of...
Went out to check on my chickens this morning and one of my girls has what I think is discharge coming from her eyes... it looks like bubbles. Ideas on what this is? She's walking around with her flock mates and seems aware, acting normal. None of the other birds have this. Thanks!
Hi Everyone! I need your help. Last weekend we got a silkie chicken at a poultry swap. I'll admit now that I didn't ask anything about the breeder. I didn't get his information or even ask where he was from. My daughter was ecstatic there were silkies available and people were swarming all the...
Time for everyone's favorite game: Guess the Chicken!
Here are some pictures of our 6 week old mystery chicken we got from Meyers Hatchery. Can anyone give us some ideas on the breed? When she was a day old chick, she looked like the classic all yellow chick.
She started to feather out and...
Suggestions on when to start handling our new baby chicks for socializing them? I've read so many conflicting accounts.
We have one chick (Black Australorp) that has no problem being handled. She just hangs out in my hand and sometimes falls asleep. Our Buckeye wants nothing to do with us...
Hi Everyone! My name is Tina and I am brand new to chicken keeping. My husband and I just bought a new home, and a large factor of why we moved was so we could start our own backyard flock! We were going to wait until the spring to get baby chicks, but our family was so excited we decided to...