I have some 20-23 week old pullets ( not laying yet) including some 1 year old laying silkies. A week ago my 20 week old EE suddenly appeared lethargic, I brought her inside and upon picking her up I noticed she felt very light and skinny. She was fine the day prior, eating and eating mealworms...
It is sold as a pullet and appears very pullet like to me but I just wanted to double check. I know I have one roo and I don’t need any more surprises. 😂
I picked up 3 chickens off a Facebook group on Sunday. They are currently in my sunroom quarantining from the rest of my flock. 2 are doing fine although they were all very scared the first day. I was told she was a year old.
She has been panting (open mouth breathing) since we got her. No...
I know it’s too early to tell but I thought it would be a little fun to do a poll with updates
Here’s my 7 week old silkie. Started out very skittish but is now coming around. Now one of the first ones to come around when I have treats in my hand.
Traits that make me suspicious it might be a...
After hearing all the horror stories from TS selling people the wrong breed and sex I have become paranoid of mine. We bought 4 pullets. 2 cinnamon queens (red sex link), 1 Rhode Island Red, and what I originally thought was a White Leghorn.
Here they were as chicks
And now at 4 weeks old...
Hello everyone! I am a first time chicken owner and this was sold to me at TS as a leghorn pullet. The picture showed a white leghorn so I was expecting it to be white. She’s about 3 weeks old currently and showing reddish brown feathers. She was yellow as a chick.