My silky rooster is acting weak, closing his eyes and acting off-balance. We think he may be dehydrated and we gave him water with honey. He drank a lot of water but then he started to drool a little. It seems to have stopped but now he is closing his eyes a lot and acting lethargic. Please help...
I have a chick that is about half the size of all the other chicks in its brood. It eats, drinks, and poops but is far less active and spends most of its time under the heat. It also moves slowly and has trouble getting up if it falls. I’ve also noticed that it cries a lot. Is there anything I...
Hi guys! My chickens are partially free ranging someday as they spend all day in the coop but most of the time they are let out atVarious times. They always come back to lather eggs but recently we have been having problems with squirrels stealing our eggs. The problem is now that the only way...
I’m looking to re-home my rooster Hollywood. He’s very sweet. Never attacks anyone, and is very sweet with hens. He is an americana mix and is going to get one year old in August.
Hi guys! My hen Harriet hatched out 4 chicks six weeks ago. Wondering if anyone can give me any help figuring out their genders. I don’t know about their breeds, dad is part Americana, that’s all I know.
Hi, we are looking to re-home our rooster Hollywood. We live in Escondido California. We are looking for a home where he will have other chicken friends and where he will NOT BE EATEN! I am not sure what breed he is but I think he has some rhode Island red in him. He has been vaccinated for...
Hi guys! I was just wondering what color eggs everyone gets. This is just random fun quiz answer if you want. Thanks!
(Disclaimer: this is not an official BYC poll)
Hi everyone! I am so excited to finally join BYC!! I have been raising chickens for three years now. I also have two goats, a chocolate Labrador retriever, an a lizard. Exited to learn and share.😃
Hi I am a new member and I have a flock of 13 chickens. We have 12 hands and one rooster. I rooster is very sweet we’ve named him Hollywood. He’s never aggressive or anything like that. However he does crow like all roosters it’s a normal behavior. But our neighbors are complaining I don’t want...
hi. Recently one of my chickens has become broody. Last year she hatched two chicks and the experience was amazing! I really want to do it again. But If I let her hatch eggs again one of them might turn out to be a rooster. However we already have one rooster and according to our city...