smokestack doesn't seem to be able to balance. she gets around, is eating, drinking, preening, cooing and alert but often falls over. We have had her in the house for the last few days giving her rooster booster vitamins and dosed with 1/2cc valbazen yesterday. The circles around her eyes and...
We have 6 jubilee orps, 4 females, one male and one dunno... The known hens have very little combs and nearly no waddles. The known rooster has a large bright red comb and waddles. This one has a comb and waddles about halfway between and pale colored, we have never seen him crow, and the other...
So we decided the old unused peacock enclosure needed some new life and got a dozen chicks, 6 bantam cochins and 6 splash orp's. In hindsight I got to thinking about the size difference and am wondering if a standard orp roo might squash a bantam cochin hen if he tries to breed her? should I try...
At what age should a male have a full train? Are there any foods that help/hurt them growing a full train? I have a 2 year old cock that has no eyes at all. His hatchmates have many eyes but not a full train.
Got this guy as a baby, was supposed to be a cameo but obviously theres BG in there. Whatever he is we like him and can't wait for him to breed with the cameo hen we have!
Next spring my peas should start laying. What do nesting boxes look like? Are they on the ground or elevated? What are the dimensions? Does each hen need their own box or will they community clutch like guinea fowl?
We we're gifted two pekin chicks this spring who have been living in our backyard in a 3'x4' house with kiddie pool .They seem pretty happy with it and greet us every time we walk out the back door. This will be our first winter with them. currently we have 4 Cochin hens, 1 Cochin rooster, 2...