Hi all! Frida girl seems to have an impacted crop. It’s my first time dealing with something like this. We brought her inside yesterday, massaged it frequently, and gave her olive oil. Overnight she pooped 3 times. This morning when I went in to check on her her crop had definitely improved but...
We have a rooster (almost 1yr old) who has been really good until now. He’s been second on the totem pole to a head hen and this weekend he started trying to mate her for the first time. Today we went out and she was scalped. We’ve separated her and hoping that she’ll heal. Do you think this...
I have two 7 week chicks that were recently weaned and we have one hen who is picking on the littlest one specifically. She hasn’t injured them but she will pluck out feathers if she can get ahold of her. The two babies end up just hanging out in the coop most of the day while the big girls are...
Any input on this guy/gal? They’re 2 days short of 6 weeks. I’ve been concerned about their comb coloring up. I got them from McMurrays on April 10th and they’ve been raised outside by a broody hen.
We have a chick who was badly injured by another hen in the flock. Her neck is pecked pretty bad. She’s moving around alright but what do we do?? We sprayed blue cote on it and have no idea what to do. Please help. 😭
Just wanted to share my new mama Marguerite and how getting her to adopt some babies went. She went broody for the first time a few weeks ago and we just happened to have new babies coming from McMurray in exactly 21 days so we thought we’d try to get her to adopt the new layers. We weren’t able...
So I’m a fairly new chicken mom, got my girls last summer. I have my first broody hen (Marguerite the Barnevelder) and I was starting to try to break her but then I realized our chicks from McMurray are coming in exactly 3 weeks. Now im considering trying to get her to adopt them but i am a...
Howdy! First time chicken lady here, I’ve got a small flock of 5 that are 6 weeks old I believe. I know for sure one is a roo (not pictured) but I’m wondering about my other 4. I also need some breed help with numbers 1 & 4, number 1 is supposedly a Olive Egger and number 4 is supposed to be a...
Howdy! First time chicken lady here, I’ve got a small flock of 5 that are 6 weeks old I believe. I know for sure one is a roo (not pictured) but I’m wondering about my other 4. I also need some breed help with numbers 1 & 3, number 1 is supposedly a Olive Egger and number 3 is supposed to be a...
First time chicken owner, do you guys have any insight on whether these are male or female or too early to tell? The darker head one is a Rhode Island Red and the lighter one is supposedly a buff Minorca but I’m not too sure on that. It could also be a gold sex link. The feed store didn’t know...