I have a two year old chicken named Pico. She is a Black Australorp.
She started out black at a few months old, but slowly speckles of white began popping up. At around a year old, she was nearly all white with a few random black speckles. Now, after her first molt, she is a mix of black and...
We have a year and a half old Black Australorp that didn't leave the coop for three days, her eyes were closed even when handling her. We pulled her out and dipped her beak in water but she didn't drink.
We pulled her inside and made got her to drink and eat a little each day. She was molting...
A few days ago I found a squishy egg in the coop. We thought it was just a strange occurrence but today we found another one. I know who's laying these, she doesn't lay in the nesting boxes (we've been trying to get her to, though) and roosts in the coop bedding.
I also noticed yellow tinted...
This is Willow, our Lavender Orpington chicken. She's 10 months old.
Last night a fox came by the run. All the chickens were secure inside, although the fox gave them quite a scare before we chased her off.
This afternoon we discovered a tear in Willows comb, we think she was in a panic from...
Mocha is our 10 month old Golden Wyandotte
This morning we discovered a bald patch on her back at the base of her tail, roughly the size of a quarter. We aren't sure why it's there.
While Mocha is clearly at the bottom of the pecking order within our flock, none of our chickens are...
I have a 3.5 month old Black Australorp, we bought her from our local Farm&Fleet.
The thing is... She's not black. When she started growing her feathers they were black and only her wing tips were white. I looked it up and thats fairly normal. But as she continued to gain more feathers, she...