So this morning my 2 year old Easter Egger was slow getting off the roost. I noticed she is very pale and lethargic. She was fine yesterday. she was also panting. It has not been overly hot in CT.
Brought her in, did a check for mites and lice Nd found nothing.
Gave her a dropper full of...
So my hen Speckle decided to start a hard molt this week (feathers EVERYWHERE) and then I noticed she had a lump under her vent. After catching her - I noticed it was about the size of a baseball. She hadn't laid any eggs in 7 days but we were figuring since she was starting a molt as well as...
Have 3 20 week old silkies. only one has a comb of any sort, no crowing or mounting, and I know silkies are notoriously hard to sex and slow to mature. But still curious to any guesses!
The one black on the left I am pretty sure she is a pullet, has had a lovely round poof for a long time now
So I have a 25 week old hen. 2 days ago she laid her first egg, soft shelled. not uncommon for a first layer, but she is a big talker and her voice sounded off.
Next day she still sounded off, but was eating, coming when called and pushing the younger pullets around.
This morning she was...
Our red pyle bantam oegh was the first to lay :) a beautiful little cream egg. 20weeks old. Now to wait for our EEs to start 😁
I put out a dish of oyster shell but it seems such big chunks for our bantam lady. Should I crush it up a little more?
Picture of her egg next to a supermarket large
So after losing all but one of my small flock to a domestic ferret, hubby covered EVERYTHING in Hardware cloth, made a roof, and reinforced the dog crate door. We installed cameras (which my hubby watches constantly) and found some new pullets.
Our tiny little bantam was so depressed with the...
I am so sick guys. Caught a domesticated ferret that killed all my chickens. Saved one. Now I am being told that a ferret wouldn't do that and it had to have been a racoon or a weasel. What are the odds of me catching a ferret moments after finding my 6 juvenile pullets dead by a single...
First time Chicken Mom. I have wanted chickens nearly all my life... husband finally okayed it thanks to Needing an outlet during COVID.
Bought a Snaplock coop and hubby cobbled together a large run with no experience 😂
6 chicks from TSC pullet bin... 2 ended up being roos, rehomed the roos...
So first time chicken mom here. Got 5 chicks at TSC from the pullet bin (my 6th was a bantam because it was so cute). 2 Black sex links, 1 Leghorn, 1 buff orpington, and a Barred Rock.
The Buff ended up being a Roo and I am concerned about my barred rock.
12 weeks old, no crowing yet...