I have three roosters which I am willing to give away, honestly I dread giving them away, but for the safety of my flock I have to. :( :( They are healthy roosters. They have just started crowing so they are pretty young. They are all mixes, I think two of them are Leghorns, the other one is...
Periwinkle was attacked yesterday a little less than twenty four hours ago. She has some bad wounds, is not eating or drinking, and is hardly moving. She is probably about one and a half year old. One of her wounds is sort of wide, the other is more of a tear. She is a dear member of the...
Aroura is a Cornish Cross rooster, for a couple months Aroura has been losing feathers. I stared noticing that it was getting serious about 2 weeks ago. I started applying ointment, that has not done much. I feed him scratch grain, and protein pellets. He is not enclosed, he has at the least...
I have a Barred Rock hen, who is broody. She is on her third day and keeps switching nests. She has a calendar in her nesting box and a painting. Can I make her more comfortable, I put fresh hay in her nesting box. What else can I do. It is her 4th time being broody. Please help!
Help! I have a chick/chicken who is fully feathered and healthy. I let him (Snow Drop is his name, very manly I know) out of the brooder later than the others because he was not ready. Now he is all alone, his 4 friends don't care about him. I know that, that is not choice, I tried to put him...
My rooster really needs help, But I have no idea what is wrong so I can not help him. He is putting hardly any weight on his foot. He is acting very strange, like he is staying in the house when the door is open and constantly lying down. A first I thought he had hurt himself, but he never...
I have about twenty chickens, four rhode island reds, Seven barred rocks, One perfect rooster named Aroura (Cornish cross). Two of some kind of breed. I have one rainbow layer one leghorn, and two pure white chicks which i hatched and can not identify. I think that taking care of chickens is...