Hello, with all the rain we have been having lately, 10 inches in a week, (we have had over 15 inches in a months time) I have my first case of bumble foot. I read everything I could, watched several videos on the surgery and asked many people all kinds of questions. But tonight I checked...
I have a question I hope someone can help with. One of my hens, Nacho, is healthy, eats well, drinks and poop's normally. She's a happy girl with bright, clear eyes.
I noticed last week that she has a bump, about the size of a small pea, over her eye. It feels hard and doesn't seem to be...
Hi, I have a question I hope someone can help with. I have 12 chickens who have given me lots of eggs...until now. I know during a molt, egg production will slow. But the last couple of weeks have been very, very slow. Like today, I got 1 egg, yesterday I got 3. All my girls are under 2 years...
Hi, can anyone tell me what my babies are? I don't know how to add them to this page on my iPad. I put them in my photo collection, default it said. Very computer challenged on this end. Please help
Hi, I have been searching all over the place for turkeys. I'll buy some fertile eggs or already hatched. I would like to get 2 hens and 1 tom for now. Is there anyone on here that sells them? I live in Hudson Florida, in Pasco county.
Anyone???
This past weekend 6 eggs hatched. )This is the first time I have hatched eggs) I have my new babies in a small pen I made but I have one of those triangle nurseries I got from a feed store. I was wondering how old the babies need to be before I can put them into the nursery? The nursery will be...
Last night I was doing the second check to see if my eggs were fertile. As I held up and egg to the light, I accidently dropped it into my light box. (a shoe box taped to a lamp) The egg dropped only a couple inches and the baby is due in less than a week. The shell cracked and there was some...
One of my hens always has a dirty bottom. I have washed it several times and it still looks dirty-ish. I did notice her poop is solid, but has some clear water. The feathers on her belly, closer to her bottom, seem to be broken off too. She eats very well, drinks well and doesn't act sick. No...
One of my girls, Oreo, is very sick. She has lost a great deal of weight and feels like skin and bones. She has plenty of food and water too. I see her eat a tiny bit and drink a little. But most of the time all she does is sit by herself. There is no discharge from her nose and she doesn't...
Below are pictures of Nacho. Can anyone tell me if I have a boy or a girl? Nacho was born on Sept. 9. I know which hen laid the egg but have no idea which Roo is the father. (I have 2 that get along very well in the same pen) I am thinking I have another Roo but am praying for another hen...
I am posting some pictures of my newest baby. He/she was born early this morning. The mother is a mixed silkie, (not pictured) and the father is a barnyard mixed. What ever it is, I still think it's beautiful.
One of these guys is the father of the new baby
This is acting mom. No one...
This is the strangest thing ever, at least to me.
I have my first roo, (named Rooster) who has been with us for over a year and a half. He has done an excellent job of taking care of his ladies and doing what roo's do. About 6 months ago I bought 5 more hens. One of them turned out to be a BR...
This is Baby, my very first hatched egg, born July 21. Can anyone tell me if I have a boy or a girl? I'm leaning towards a girl but I don't know for sure.
Thanks for any help.
Hi everyone! On the 21st my hen, Bonnie, hatched my very first baby. I wasn't going to hatch any more because the first time I attempted turned out to be a disaster. But this time, I decided to just leave everything alone and let nature do her thing. I had 2 eggs, laid on different dates...
Late last night I discovered the last RIR a BYC friend by the name of Kelly, gave my grandson, dead in her cage. She was smaller than the other girls and never seemed to be able to catch up. She was fine a few hours earlier, chirping and running around with her pen mates. I come out to check on...
I went away for a few days and had 3 eggs under my broody. Bonnie has been sitting on these eggs since 6/27 and when I came home and checked on the girls, she was sitting on another nest and her eggs were cool. I imediately put her eggs back under her and she accepted them. I don't know how long...
My new chick, about 2 to 3 weeks old got caught in between his cage and chicken wire. I figure she was stuck for several hours. She's very weak but chirping a lot. I used an eye dropper to get water into her but can't get her to eat anything. I tried yogurt but she's just too weak to eat it. Is...
I had 2 eggs under my broody and I waited until the 24th day to recandle them. I could see the forming chick but the eggs smelled a little and the liquid inside looked really runny. So I did an eggtopsy and it looked like the chick was only about an inch. I could see the eyes and all the...
Hi. I wanted to show off my newest family members. Most are supposed to be girls but I am not so sure. Any help is appreciated.
I think the last one is a Roo.
Last year one of my girls laid a golf ball size egg fart. As round as one too! Now today I go to gather eggs and this is what I find on the ground.
Then last week my husband told me that he cracked open one of the hard boiled eggs I made and the yolk was WHITE!!! Tell me that isn't weird...