I think possible cuckoo Maran? I only say that bc we got him from tractor supply last year and Ik I bought one labeled as that BUT they also sold me him as a pullet soooo 😅
Hey everyone! So I have a chicken that went broody (our first broody hen so it was really just an experiment) so I gave her some quail eggs to sit on. She’s been doing great and they are about a week from hatching when today I noticed the other chickens got to over half of them (I check daily so...
So I have one hen that always mounts another hen. Always the same one trying to mount the same hen. It’s the 2 gray ones. Is this normal?? Not sure if you can tell the difference in the picture but the instigator is the one with the larger comb. They are about a year and a half old. We’ve never...
I have 4 chicks that all hatched November 16, making them 6 weeks old now. All of them except the white one have gotten their adult feathers. I bought them as eggs labeled Easter egger. Is this normal for one to be a little later or is she/he a different kind. I don’t really care what it is just...
I’m not sure if you can tell by the pictures but it feels like a fluid sac on her chest. It sags when she walks. I noticed when she bent down to pick up a treat she threw up watery stuff. What to do??
So currently we have 7 happy chickens in this coop. We open the door every morning to let them out in a large run area every day so they’re not cooped up all day (pun intended). We have 6 chicks growing very fast and I’m wondering if I need to upgrade the coop to fit the newbies when they ready...
This is a barred rock baby about 3ish weeks old I think. The lady I got her/him from thought she was a hen by looking at her wing feathers at the time. What are your thoughts?
Looking for something that I won't have to open the coop every day to fill and something that they won't kick out all the food. I'll add a picture of our coop and the systems I have been thinking about. I just don't knowwwww lol.. I am a visual learner so please show me what you got :clap...