I have an 11 week old pullet, Lilly, who has very watery droppings. Not runny droppings, but watery, as in the brown part is well-formed and surrounded by what looks like water. To be honest, I haven't really been seeing any urates, either (the white part of the dropping). Her droppings have...
I have a naked neck hen who is very sick. Though she has had health issues in the past, these symptoms have sprung up overnight. She about 16 months old and was purchased as a day-old chick with 4 others (all others are healthy). She has been having egg issues recently, over the past 6 months...
Please give Cayenne a good home! He is a sweet, if somewhat shy, rooster that was hatched by Pepper, one of my little silkies. Cayenne is not related to Pepper (is not a silkie); he is a mix of many breeds, I think. He has Birchen markings, with a funny rose comb. He is still growing, but in...
Hi. I have a flock of ten, seven adult hens (just over a year old) and three 'teenagers' hatched this past spring (13-16 weeks old). The three young chickens have a habit of panting, they pant all the time. I do live in San Diego, CA and it is summer now, so I thought that it was just weather...
I have a sweetheart of a hen, Poppy, who recently has fallen into laying dangerously poor quality eggs. Her very first egg (back in August 2009??) was perfect. Then for months she was a very consistent layer. However, eventually her eggs started looking deformed. We called them 'dinosaur...