Has anyone had eggs develop slowly and still make it to hatch? All of my narragansett eggs are behind in development compared to the black Spanish, chocolate, and royal palms. I'm using the nurture right 360 incubator and the narragansett eggs are in the middle section. Is this possibly why they...
OK, I've narrowed my automatic chicken door search down to 3. Any reviews of any of them that you've owned would be greatly appreciated.
1. Ladies First automatic door
Pros: comes with a solar panel that you can mount wherever you want, which also functions as the sensor to open and close...
Hi everyone, I'm wondering what everyone's thoughts are on pyr vs Texas heeler for protection. I understand heelers are herders and pyrs are LGDs, which are very different. I'm just looking for opinions on which you trust more for running off predators. My chickens will be in an enclosed run...
5 Easter/olive egger babies need new homes. They are just over 2 weeks, hatched by me from my own flock. Straight run. Including a photo of dad and a couple of the hens. Can tell you the mom for some chicks, but not all. Each photo is a different chick. If you'd like more photos of a specific...
My girl is completely emaciated to skin and bones. I noticed she was really skinny when I picked her up on Friday. I brought her inside and checked her over. She had a small amount of food in her crop, so I offered her some tuna to see if she'd eat. She did eat a bit. Saturday I noticed she...
My pullet has rales with no other respiratory symptoms, no discharge, no eye problems. I went to give her oral antibiotics and noticed that she has white blisterlike spots under her tongue. Anyone have an idea what I'm dealing with here? She's been separated for 4 days and no other birds are...
13 week old pullet making a wheezing sound and craning her neck this morning. Lungs sound clear, the sound is coming from her throat. No other respiratory symptoms and everyone else is fine. Could something be stuck in her throat? She's also sounding like a cockerel learning to crow, but 99%...
I introduced 2 point of lay pullets to my flock of 10. Did the slow introductions of side by side and allowing the pecking order to work out. All of my hens have no interest in the new hens and neither does my young cockerel. My rooster however is chasing only one of them. The other hen is fully...
I believe this little one is about 12 weeks. The breeder couldn't remember the exact hatch date but I've had "her" for 4 weeks now. Wondering if you think she's really a she or not? Comb is still rather pink, but face and neck are brightening up.
Help with deworming, please! I noticed roundworms in the droppings of my quarantine hen about a week ago. I was recommended by a local chicken breeder to use equimax horse wormer paste to treat her. I'm also treating the other hen who came with her. Only issue I'm having is that it seems like...
Have the chance to get this turken/ bantam cochin cross, but I have 2 questions....
1. At around 6 weeks, what are the chances this is a pullet
2. The breeder believes it will be mille fleur coloring, but I know that feathers change often before adult coloring comes in. Is this likely to be a...
Is Frannie really a Frankie? 12 weeks, still a small comb and no wattles, but the coloring and some pointy feathers are throwing me off. The mama hen, who is also a frizzle, has pointier feathers than my other hens too, so maybe it's a frizzle thing? Mom is cochin, dad is 3/4 silkie, 1/4 serama.
Is this little puff a pullet or cockerel? 9.5 weeks frizzle bantam cochin/silkie cross. This little has a single comb. Not sure if I need different pictures.
This baby was vent sexed female, but is looking more like a cockerel as it grows. I'm attaching photos, but the coloring in them isn't very accurate. The red appears darker and more rust color in the photo than it does in person, but it's also splotchy which would indicate roo. The comb isn't...
Is my black copper marans chick part cuckoo marans? She doesn't have the head spot and no other bars on her but can't figure what else would be the cause. She's supposed to be full bcm and looked it until she developed the stripe. Maybe the white will grow out at molt?
Hey everyone! I have a question about the baby I bought that is supposed to be a bcm. I'm thinking it must be crossed with something because it doesn't have the full white chest and belly. I bought it from a local breeder and asked her about the discrepancies and she told me "Black Copper Marans...
Is it normal for mama hen to only adopt 1 of the chicks but not the others? They are a week old and her 2 babies are about 3 days old. She took to one of the chicks instantly and is mothering it along with her 2 babies. The other 2 she pecks at until they run away. They have somewhere to run...
I had 4 eggs under my broody hen. All chicks were nearly a week late. One died in shell around day 25. The 2 bantam chicks hatched days 27 and 28. Last chick internally pipped sometime between day 26 and 27. Last night, on the evening of 28, I noticed the chick was no longer moving or peeping in...