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Is there a formula somewhere for hen v rooster size or does it just depend on breed and manners? Eg should the hens weight to roosters weight not go below 1:2 for example (eg 500g hen and 1kg roo?)
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A d’uccle hen who has been going through her 18months moult has this purple comb. I’ve read that in some hens the moulting can cause the comb to change colour. She doesn’t seem to have other symptoms right now apart from the occasional sneeze and red around her eye (this could be...
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After doing some research I think my newest chicken has scaly face mite due to flaky skin on face getting worse. It's not the feather cuticle and it's not powdery like mold or fungus and I can't see any bugs (but I read that scaly face mite are very tiny).
I have had her for 3 weeks...
Tearfully this morning I scooped up my 3 month old silkie from the bottom of the coop while the others all hopped out happily. I thought he has been attacked by an older hen and took him to the vet. He was and is floppy and has ‘wry neck’ and tremors and dilated pupils.
The vet saved him but...
Roo sees me feeding a hen and makes grumbling noises, he pinches food from my hen instead of getting his own food from my hand.
This morning after letting them out of the coop roo was chasing my hen but she was running away/ignoring him. He responds with his little dance kicking his legs out...
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I’ve read about silkie chicks having head bumps, is this what this chick has? He or she is one of three and the biggest in size, and is the only one with the bald spot.
Is this expected?
Thanks so much :).
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I want my 6 mo old bantam hen to be happy. She went broody 5 days ago (after seeing other chicks) and she’s sitting on unfertile eggs.
Can I give her fertile eggs, day old chicks (would she really adopt them) or is it best to try to break her broodiness? Can she really stay...
Gday everyone, I love this forum and love keeping chickens
I’m still new to keeping chickens I had a solo hen :). She followed me around everywhere so I got a rooster to keep her company. They get along fine but the rooster was scared, difficult to handle and didn’t go back to roost in their...