Today when my chickens were free ranging in my yard, I noticed this on my patio. Does anyone know what this kind of poop means? What should I do?
I don’t know which hen it came from. I have 4, and they all are acting normal.
I’ve heard that runny poo is normal when they drink a lot but the...
I loved looking at progression pictures of chickens when mine were chicks, so I thought I would share what my Dominiques looked like at 4 different ages:
3 days
3.5 weeks
6 weeks
8.5 weeks
I loved looking at progression pictures of chickens when mine were chicks, so I thought I would share what my Golden Comets looked like at 4 different ages:
3 days
3.5 weeks
6 weeks
8.5 weeks
I hope these pictures help someone!
Should I be concerned about black cecal poop? I looked at the link of normal and abnormal poops that people share on here and couldn’t see anything like this.
My chicks are almost 6 weeks old and I’ve just started finding a little bit of poop like this in their brooder.
They eat chick starter...
I am looking for advice on what bedding to use in my small coop. It is not big enough to have a poop board, so I’m hoping to be able to easily scoop the poop out. I also want the least amount of dust possible. I’ve heard good things about large flake pine shavings and pine pellets. Can anyone...
I have two 4 week old dominiques. They were sold to me as female, and all the signs have pointed to them being female (shadowing on legs and feet, getting feathers quickly, uniform spot on head). I have noticed that one of them has a comb that is slightly bigger and getting more red than her...
Hello!
I am a new chicken keeper in Northern Utah. I have four 3 week old chicks that I already love. I have 2 dominiques and 2 golden comets.
My husband and I are trying to become more self-sufficient, and I love pets! We hope chickens will be a good fit for our family.
I have two golden comet chicks, and one of them (Chicken 1) is getting her wing feathers much more slowly than the other (Chicken 2). Her feathers also look more scraggly to me. Is this normal?
Both chicks were buff color with darker stripes down their backs when I first purchased them. Chicken...