These guys are 6 weeks old as of yesterday. They had been in my basement up until yesterday. I shut off their heat lamp a week ago and basement is around 60/65 degrees. They all did okay. This week the lowest at night is gonna fall to 39 degrees. Are they feathered enough that I don't need to...
We had 21 chicks hatch. It had been 36 hours since the last two chicks started hatching. We took the other 21 out and thought we must have shrunk wrapped these last two .. I think we helped to soon but I figured we were going to loose them anyways so tried to assist... the membranes were...
I'll try to get better pictures. Any idea if this guy is a ameraucana or a easter egger or. Just a mix? His coloring is beautiful with blue and green feathers.
We just had a super successful hatch! 21 out of 23 !!🥳
So these our our backyard chicks and I really don't know if there is a way to tell the sex by color or by dots on head when they are mixed? My son (who is 13) is sure the hens will have longer wing feathers by day 3. We are looking to keep...
Went to the feed store today to get our hens feed and grabbed a 3 10lb bags of chick starter as we gave eggs in the incubator now. When I got to the register the owner said o I can save tou some money and talked my into buying something I'm not sure is going ro be OK. Per the instructions it...
Does this girls eye look normal? Normally I don't see their third eyelid.. also she's been clearing her nose often.
we recently added pine chips to their coop so im not sure if they are mildly iritating her?
Does this vent look concerning? See pictures below...
This leghorn had a dirty butt when I looked at her yesterday but I couldn't catch her. Fast forward to tonight my son helped me grab her off the roost bar and get a picture. (Other ten hens at a glance look fine.) Also It looks cleaner...
Anyone have any idea one breeds. At first I thought they were easter Eggers but I have not got a single green egg yet. Now I'm not sure what they are or what color eggs to expect from them.. currently getting brown and white. White I assume are from the leghorns and brown we have Rhode island...
What are these werid bumps on this egg? Safe to eat? Happens every so often..
Got 7 eggs today out of our 10 hens! Pretty awesome for it being so bitter cold here on PA!
Question 1: Any suggesions on what mighy be causing these scab like marks on this girl? Her nostril is also aweful dirty. Not really seeing this on any of the other 10 hens. They have been sneezing off and on since june randomly not alot. Wondering of i have venting issues or mites or if its...
We redid our coop and put some of this black pipe insulation around the tin shed cut out to help with the sharpness not even thinking they would eat it. Came home and found they indeed ate it. 😭
It was about a 3 ft piece im total they prob ate like half of it. ( 10 hens and 1 roo)
1. Will they...
3 month old Omlet automatic chicken coop door with light This door has not missed a beat and works beautifully. I paid 225 and had to wait 2 months for it to ship out. Here is a link with all the info on the door...
I posted on 8/16 about a lone chicken sneezing. The other 11 chickens 10 days later are now starting to sneeze...hen that was sneezing first is still stuffy... they are still laying and acting normal.. what do i do... 😔
Are there any illnesses that make chicken eggs unsafe to eat?
This may be an odd question but I'm an anxious person and a few of our chickens are sneezing in this hot muggy weather and without knowing what is causing it I'm wondering if there is ever a time when it's unsafe to eat their eggs.
25 week old hens sounds congested. Acting fine otherwise. First noticed it 3 days ago but thought I was over worried.. since I have left her in with the other 18 hens for over 72hours is there any reason to pull her from the flock? Feel like I'm too late already and I have no idea what the cause...
This one lone girl compared to the rest has a weird pale comb... is this just her age and she's developing slower or some sort of disease?? I attached 2 pictures of another we have same age and what rural king said was the same breed. Her comb is very red.
Belive this was laid by our barred rock 20 week old pullet. When washed the white spits turn brown and then go back to white. They have layer feed and free choice to oyster shells in another dish.
Should I be worried ??
My girls are 19 weeks. 2 of them have started squatting last week and redness has intensified. How much longer before our first egg?!! The anticipation is killing me.