Hi All,
I first noticed signs of feather loss from one of my chickens a few months back, but thought it was some feather picking. I know my coop was small, it was one of the omlet Eglu cubes (made out of plastic) for 5 birds. I’ve recently upgraded to a much larger coop 5x8 and only have...
Hi all,
Noticed today that my Wyandotte around 7-8 months old has lossed the feathers around her vent. We have a plastic coop, and it gets cleaned very frequently—not sure it could be mites or lice. She laid an egg this morning. Any thoughts or suggestions on what I should do? New chicken...
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I have a lavender Cochin Bantam that turns 3 weeks old on Monday. Based off the fairly prominent comb, little tail feathering, and already forming pink wattles, I’m going to say this is a little Roo. Hoping others can weigh in here since this is my first Cochin bantam.
Here’s my 6 week old showgirl “Dua Lipa”. Any guesses on whether this is a boy or girl? I know the crest looks like there are some streamers starting to pop out, however, dua has been shedding some of the baby down so I’m hoping the head will even out in the coming weeks.
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A couple weeks back I purchased what was sold to me as a female black copper marans. Fast forward 7 weeks to now, she is somewhere around 7-8 weeks old. Her coloring does not look like a BCM to me and she has yellow legs. Could she be cuckoo? Also there seems to be a little reddening...
Hello! I’ve done a lot of researching on gendering polish, but I haven’t found much on frizzle polish. Hoping to hear what folks think this little 6 week old chick is. I’m leaning toward cockerel, but hoping maybe I’m wrong. I see some wattle development, has anyone had a polish hen develop...