Just received chicks today from My Pet Chicken and my Mille Fleur can't walk. I initially thought it was splay leg and made a little brace with a rubber band and straw but reading more I think it may be a slipped tendon in one or both legs.
I tried stretching her leg out and I can carefully...
I have an egg that hatched under a broody this morning. The chick is peeping up a storm but very lethargic and won't open its eyes. Hops back under mom when I put her back into the nest. First time broody Mom has also pecked at her a couple of times until the chick gets under her.
Should I...
My BR hen has strange bumps on her legs. She does seem to be favoring the leg without them. Any ideas? I did a soak in warm Epson salt water. I'm not sure what this could be.
Hi everyone! My silkie just hatched 5 adorable babies. Unfortunately I don't have enough space to keep them all (I plan on keeping 1) and thought it would be easier to find the other 4 homes when they are younger. My question is will my silkie be upset if I take 4 of them to give away if she...
I have a silkie hen that's been faithfully sitting on 6 eggs and today is hatch day! My OE has been acting crazy the last couple of days, almost like she's broody and then changes her mind. I blocked off the silkies box so no one would barge in there during hatch and my OE has somehow figured...
My chickens are just shy of a year old laying full size eggs. I have two silkies and everyone else is standard size. So far I have found two of these MINI eggs! Who could be laying these?? Only light layers I have is my Ideal hen and my two silkies, but even for a silkie these are ridiculous...
Hi everyone! My broody hen hatched some beautiful babies for the first time this weekend and I had one that I ended up having to assist with hatch. She had pipped and no progress for over 24 hours. I followed the advice in the assisted hatch article (which was so helpful!) And carefully removed...
My broody has been hatching eggs. 3 hatched Saturday and she's been great with them. Two more hatched last night and she started pecking at the new babies when they came out from under her. I left her for a few minutes and came back to find that she had killed one. I took the other new hatch...
I was out of town when my first time broody starting sitting, my best guess is they are due to hatch Saturday. I just went to check on her and found an egg broken open. The chick is clearly breathing. Is there anything I can do?
Any advice is appreciated!
Just thought I'd share this cool egg I got this morning from my Barnevelder hen. I've never seen anything like it. She just started laying recently nice dark brown eggs and this morning she surprised me with this beauty with lavender speckles!
I ordered my chicks from Ideal and they are now about 4 weeks old. The two I'm having trouble with are the barred rock and the olive egger. Based on the breed descriptions on Ideal's site I guessed the smaller of the two was the olive egger (which the site said will also be barred) but now im...
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I'm a new member and need some advice on ventilation as I'm finishing my coop. I live in Central Texas and summers are HOT HOT but winters are surprising cold, windy and often wet (I grew up in Eastern Washington where we get lots of snow and often drop below freezing and Texas...