It seems all my whyandottes have a band of missing feathers along their heads. This one is the worst looking. Could this be overmatting or someting else. They are in an enclosed coop. Lots of room. And enclosed hardwire run fresh water and food daily. Acv and vitamins once a month. Treats once a...
We rescued this lil guy from a hawk attack. He was hiding in a pricker bush for three days before caught in a trap where i could bring him in and help him. I haven’t been able to get two close but im trying to figure out why his comb is black like this? Could it be injury from hawk or pricker...
Is this normal? So to give you a backstory on mrs. Popeye here (hen on the outside), one day she showed up in our yard and never left lol I reached out. No one claimed her. So instead she claimed us. She free ranges in our yard, occasionally goes to church (next door), but ends up back in our...
So I’m going to switch my girls feed when they are 18 wks to later feed but I’m reading everywhere to put them on grower/finisher feed from 16-18 wks old then to layer feed at 18. What are your thoughts on this? #newchickenmom
My RIR’s are 5 weeks and today I noticed my most aggressive rir has a much larger comb and wattle appearance then the others. I did get them from tsc. I’m not totally opposed to having one I just thought we bought all egg layers so this may be a game changer. Any opinion on the sex of this...
Don’t mind her wet bottom. She had pasty butt and I cleaned her all up and while doing so I noticed this black hard piece strongly attached. Didn’t come off after soaking her tush in warm water like the poop did. I just hope it’s normal and ok. Thoughts and advice are appreciated.
Two of my buff orpingtons develped some feathers on their wings and I noticed black spots on them. Nowhere else. None on their newly developed tail feathers or anywhere else on their bodies just wings. I panicked and of course google gives me mites as an answer but after some deep searching I...