I need some help! Some of my chickens have gone broody and mites been biting their faces and cleaned the coop and separated the ones that has the swollen faces and just now I found two more of my hens with bites and swollen faces. The first two I’ve been cleaning their faces but one of them...
I just hatched some Ancona ducklings and I have one that’s “rare” all yellow, not like it’s brothers and sisters.
The rare duckling’s feet is also all yellow with no black markings.
I had messaged the breeder and she said that she had never seen that before. She only has Ancona dusks on her...
I put my new three hens with my existing flock and I have the 3 separated during the day away from the main flock. At night is when they get back together.
My concern is that it my 3 hens aren’t eating as much, their feed sack isn’t as full and feels quite empty.
Are they over stressed? I’m...
My golden cuckoo Maran hasnt been laying eggs for the past month but all my other hens in the flock are. I need some help or answers?
I live in Hawaii and the weather where I live is not to cold at the moment. She’s not sick whatsoever, she’s eating regularly but I definitely know she’s not...
I have a easter egger chick that keeps pecking at my Welsummer chicks eye. I’m only worried because the Easter egger only picks on Welsummer and when she does peck at her, the Easter egger has a nice grip and she even shakes as if she’s pulling/tugging on her eye lid. I have been keeping a close...
I worried because one of the chicks died and I don’t know if the reason is because I started them on grower feed? I have starter feed in the way at the moment. Please help
Silver Hamburg 5 week old Chick. I ordered all females from Meyer Hatchery, but this ones looking like a male? Can someone clarify? Especially if anyone had a silver Hamburg before.
I have a 5 week silver Hamburg chick and she has small wattles. I did some research and usually a 5-6 cockerel chicks wattles are really noticeable.
I noticed on some other images that the Hamburg pullers do have wattles. Can anybody relate?
Has anyone bred a blue Americauna rooster with a Easter Egger hen? Is it a good mix of breeds?
Also what color eggs are they likely to lay?
Any info will be helpful thanks.