I got this girl 3 yrs ago. The people I got her from said she was about 3-4y old. So I'm not sure of her exact age. She stopped laying the year we got her if that helps.
I noticed this today. Sorry the pics kind of suck. But it's a marble sized lump. She's eating and drinking normally and...
I have a female Nigerian dwarf x lamancha a little under 1 yr old. She's been sleeping in the building all day and when I went out to feed everybody she came out very slowly. She was wobbly and looked like she was shaking when I looked at her ears. She wouldn't eat but went and got a drink...
I found this thing in my coop tonight. I don't know what it is. Could be poo.. could be egg thing (??) I don't know. But I'm super nervous. Never ever seen nothing like it.. it had a weird smell when I cut it open. And was kind of tough like cutting into Play-Doh with a butter knife but a little...
I have some babies for sale. Not fully feathered.
2 welsummer
2 ameraucana
1 black swedish duckling
1 Rouen (I think) duckling
The reason I say I think is bc the southern states I got it from said ancona but it looks like female Rouen.
I'm in davie county north carolina.
THESE BABIES ARE...
So shes been broody before. It didnt work out I think because I didnt get her away in time. This time shes 2 weeks in and I'm bringing her in this weekend. I'm curious tho. Shes sitting on a full nest. Not on purpose but the other girls keep squeezing in and laying in only that box for some...
So I've thought all this time I've have this girl that she's a welsummer. Orange legs and coloring all match a welsummer. BUT she lays green eggs! I now realize I have an olive egger. Her eggs are a beautiful olive color and she's consistent. I've gotten 2 eggs a day from her 3 times and shes...
So we have a Brahma roo with a butt/vent problem. His poo is really runny and constant. I've noticed some worms so my husband went to tractor supply and talked to our "go to chicken lady" and she said she uses this on her birds and it always works. I also have kitten wormer we got today too just...
Okay so after my roo passed we started looking for a new one to protect our girls bc our silkie roo doesn't do as well as a larger breed. We were given this big one and told he's only 2.5 months and he's a buff laced Brahma. He's beautiful and he's huge! If he's really that young he is going to...
I think my roo has sour crop. He's not eating but he won't stop drinking. He seems to like spit up. I know that chickens can't vomit but he has liquid coming out of his mouth. His crop is big and squishy and feels like a water balloon. He's not crowing and is slow moving if he moves at all. I'm...
My rooster was slow yesterday. Not acting normal at all. He wasn't running around chasing everybody and didn't mount one girl at all. He ate in the morning but when I was tossing some scraps last night he didn't come running. Then he went into the coop and roosted almost 2 hrs before normal...
So my buff orpington roo is growing into the meanest guy ever and I'm completely lost on what to do. He attacks my 7 yr old daughter anytime she's outside. He will run all the way across my yard at her every single time. He's gone after my 9 yr old son a few times more recently and today and...
This is the craziest!! I've heard it would be super super rare to get a fertile egg from my duck and roo mating. But I not only got that but it was also double yolk!! Now I kind of wanna incubate to see if any hatch! Should I?
Edit to add if this is in the wrong thread feel free to put in the...
Okay so I posted a thread about a week or so ago about these new birds I got. I was originally told that the 3 I'm curious about are brahmas ( light, dark, and all white) and I was told that the all white one was 1.5 months old and the 2 smaller ones(black and light/dark whatever it is) we're 2...
So my hubby made friends with a guy who has hundreds of birds. They're very neatly kept on a huge secluded farm and he handles each and every one! (I know that's got to be alot of work so kudos to him!) They're all vaccinated and treated for worms/mites and once again very precisely maintained...
My Pekin just started laying last Saturday. She's given me 5 eggs so far. Today hubby went out to open up before work and found her sitting on her egg. We know it's her bc our hens lay brown and of course hers is white-ish and she is the only one who leaves us an egg some time over night and we...
I have 2 pekins. I thought for sure both were females. I've been googling some of their recent behavior and now I'm worried I have a male. These guys are 5 months old (give or take a weeks or so.. I lost track of the weeks!) But I noticed a few weeks ago that one was forcing the other to drink...
Okay so my little little babies are gonna be 2 weeks this weekend. I've been putting their brooder box outside during the day. I'm in nc so it's plenty warm enough. But I'm curious as to how I'll know if they get over heated and what I should do. I know some tricks that I use with my older birds...
Okay so my older 3 girls absolutely love when I get their feed wet. It's on accident of course but when I fill the duck waterers and pool I get the feed wet almost Everytime bc my house is messed up and does what it wants. So every time I get the feed wet my girls run straight for it and gobble...
So my girl has been laying for almost 2 weeks. The other day she left me one that was giant compared to the others. I was making my kids fried eggs yesterday and opened one in the pan and I found it! I have only seen 1 other double yolk with my past flock since I was a little kid! My daughter...
Okay so hubby went to TSC and got a few more babies last weekend. There were 4. 2 bigger and 2 tiny (and I mean tiny) little things. They said that the bigger 2 were Easter eggers and the smaller 2 were silver laced Wyandotte. Seemed weird to me bc aren't silver laced a bigger size kind of like...