I noticed this morning one of our 3 month old bielfelders was lethargic, and her left eye was closed. She opens it sometimes, and it looks normal when it’s open.
I have quarantined her and brought her inside (it’s been 95ish degrees here the past few days) and set her up with water with...
I've got a Blue Copper Marans that's just over a year old. The last few days she's been acting...different! She's still laying, but is quite vocal and her clucks are a little different, someone described it almost as popcorn popping and that sounds like it!
She was in her nesting box yesterday...
A few days ago I found roundworms in our chickens poop...I’ve treated with the first dose of safeguard, and am seeing worms in their poop again (it’s been 2 days). Is this just the meds working and getting rid of what’s inside?
Hi all, I’m pretty new to backyard chicken keeping. We have 2 roughly over a year hens that we got about 2 months ago. All has been good, but this morning when cleaning the poop out of the coop I noticed worms . I think they are roundworms...what is the best solution to get rid of them? Wazine...
Hi all! We got a year old blue copper Marans about 6 weeks ago. She has been laying consistently up until recently. A few days ago, she laid a super soft shell egg either during the night or early morning. I found it under the roost. The next day, she attempted to sit in the nesting box, but...
Hi all! Our French copper Marans have just passed 2.5 months old. 2 of them have been legitimately crowing for about a week. It just so happens that they are lighter in color, almost gray, which I’ve read could be an indicator of a rooster. However, this morning while the 2 were crowing, the...
Hi all! I am new to owning chickens, and we have four 4 week old French copper marans chicks! 2 days ago, one started being extremely aggressive, to the point where actually had to separate her from the others. We were told it was likely we would end up with one rooster, and I’m thinking it...