Hi all! I’ve attached a few photos; my rooster recently developed dry, peeling skin on his face (wattles and earlobes). I know it’s his skin and not something on his face because it got worse over the last few days. There is nothing on his upper cheeks or comb. Some context; he did have a...
Hi all! Background: 3 chickens: one partridge Cochin hen (top of pecking order), a dark Brahma hen (probably bottom of order) and a handicapped dark Brahma rooster. They are going through their first molt (about a year and two months old, southeaster Wisconsin) with the rooster looking the...
I’ve attached two pictures. When I went out to open up my hens this morning, I found this weird egg string in their sandbox. They have always laid in their nesting box, so the location itself is unusual. Details: we have two hens, and they both laid yesterday. Just about a year old; Cochin and...
Hello all! I have a Partridge Cochin, just shy of a year old! She was a good layer through her first winter and spring; smallish brown eggs but very consistent; always 6 or 7 a week. She did go broody in May and stopped laying, but we were able to isolate her and snap her out of it pretty...
Hi all. We have a dark Brahma hen, and Partridge Cochin hen, and a dark Brahma rooster (the rooster has a bad leg so he is ok with them - does not over-mate, etc). They are all about 10 months old and have been laying for a few months, starting in the winter time with less than 14 hours of light...
Hello everyone! I have a 9 month old Partridge Cochin hen who recently has been acting strange. She’s our best egg layer; we’ve only had a few less eggs than the number of days since she has started laying. She’s been laying for about 3 months or so, and all of her eggs are super normal! We...
I have a Partridge Cochin hen, about 8 months old, that may have scaly leg mites. They don’t look as bad as other cases I have seen photos of, and it’s a bit harder to tell since she has feathers on her legs. I started noticing that her index toe doesn’t lay flat when she walks (rolls outwards)...
Hey all. I have four baby chicks, all about 2-3 weeks old. Starting about a week ago, I’ve been having frequent diarrhea, cramping, and fatigue whilst handling my chicks often. We are thinking it is salmonella since I’ve never gotten sick like this before and it would be quite a coincidence. We...
Hello all! I’m a new mama to 4 baby chicks. Waiting it out to see which ones will be hens! Their names are Melody, Pepper, Buttercup, and Mocha. 2 of them are Partridge Cochins and 2 are Dark Brahmas. All about 2 weeks old at the moment, except for Melody seeming to be at about 3. Got them from...