Wonders never cease! We started out with 6 Cornish Crosses thinking they were Leghorns and were sadly disappointed when they turned into B52 bomber chickens. They started dying off around 4 months, seemed like one a week, but the last two are a male and a female who are very large but seem...
I have a 4 month old Cornish Cross (i know, i know, we lost a Roo the other day at 12 pounds - didn't know what they were when we got them but have tried to just let them free range eat mostly to keep them alive as long as possible) that "seems" to have something stuck in her throat, maybe. She...
We got 16 RIR chicks Wednesday and all are fine except for one female who stays in the center of the coconut fiber nest I made them, under the heat lamp. Her wings hang down instead of being tucked and she just stands there with her eyes shut all the time. Eats and drinks a nibble or a sip...
I'm new to chickens and we got 6 chicks from Tractor Supply about a month ago. don't know where they came from, so don't know any history. All are doing well, but one of them just today was acting weak and unable to stand when I went out to check them this morning. (oddly enough, I dreamed that...