Is there anything that can be done if your hen punctures her crop? I'm new to raising chickens and I am so worried right now? It's after hours so I can't reach a vet. Any ideas would be extremely helpful!
I just went down to check on my chickens, and one of my only laying hens has some sort of fluid leaking from her chest area. This is my first time with chickens and I am really worried abou her. She's a BSL just over 5 months old. She appears to be fine otherwise. She did tuck her head toward...
A couple weeks ago, I posted some pics of one of my girls trying to figure out what breed she was. Almost everyone said that she looked like a Buff Orpington. However, today I noticed that her tail feathers are now growing in a Dark Brownish-Black color. I thought that BO's were a solid buff...
Hello everyone! My name is Sarah and I'm from Cortez, CO. This is my first year with chickens and I'm very happy to have them. I got my girls in March, so they are going on 4 months now. I have 8 total: one Delaware, one Blue Marans, one Golden Laced Wyandotte, one California White, one White...
I have a small flock (8 hens) that I got from a local chain store. Unfortunately, all of the sales people that helped me apparantly knew absolutely nothing about chickens, and none of them turned out to be the breed that they told me they were. I have been able to correctly identify all but 2 of...