Hi everyone.
I have a hen (two years old) who suddenly is struggling to walk. I’ve checked for bumble foot and her feet pads are clean and normal. I’ve checked for mites (none)
She will walk but she seems to kind of lean and if any of the other hens pick on her she’ll fall over to her side. Most...
This is Rice. Rice is about 16 weeks old and this morning I watched "her" crow. Rice is an Easter egger and was purchased from a local farm where I've gotten most of my hens from.
I've also added my Oliver egger (grey bird) who seems to have many curved tail feathers.
Thoughts?
Hi! I ordered two Easter eggers and one speckled Sussex.
The one I was told is the speckled Sussex appears to have cheeks like my Easter eggers do. And the Easter's don't.
Can you please confirm who is who.
Thank you!
Hi everyone. My 10 mo old buff Orpington hen is acting pretty strange.
I noticed her kind of "off" just not really scratching the ground and closing her eyes at one point so I tried to see if she'd eat and offered her a mini half of a tomato. She then began twisting her neck in the oddest way...
People keep chickens for a variety of reasons, which impacts their favorites based on their preferences. I'd like to know your favorite and friendliest breed. I know a big part is just their overall individual personality. I've read about the buff Orpington war lol and I love mine and even...
Just wanted to share because I was so proud! She has a weird neck and I'm happy she's moving around and doing things normally. I treated with vitamin e, vitamin e & a little selenium and her neck is still just like that. Not sure if it's a physical deformity? Or if she just needs longer...
I came home from work today and one of my black australorps was laying down in the run and wouldn't really move. When I lifted her, she felt cold. She was breathing and opened her eyes, but quickly closed them again. I brought her inside and tried to give her some water with nutridrench but her...
Hi everyone! Not sure if it's the right place to post as it's not an active emergency but we sure did have one.
I noticed on Thursday that my favorite (shhhh) hen Midnight was acting a bit odd. Not entirely too different but she didn't come to me when I brought a tomato out and she was kind of...
Hi everyone. I made a post last week regarding my spring chicks. I got 3 chicks from a local farmer. One olive egger, Easter egger, and an accidental Polish. The Polish died overnight and I contacted the person who reported they are not selling them anymore due to them being in poor health. I...
Hi everyone. I posted earlier that the accidental/extra Polish chick I got yesterday was found dead this morning but I also wanted to post regarding my olive egger. I noticed immediately when I bought her yesterday late afternoon that her neck seemed a bit bent? She is eating and drinking fine...
Hi everyone. I received my spring order of chicks late yesterday afternoon and woke up to a dead chick :(
She was actually not part of my order and was accidentally given to me instead of my actual order but I went back to get my additional chick, and decided to keep her.
She was the loudest...
i just noticed my rooster has what appears to be a growth on his eye? I'm not sure what it is. It does seem to be bothering him a bit.
Is there anything I can do?
Hi! Are these mites? I checked twice and couldn't see anything moving. I was able to take some off and looked at it very closely with a flashlight and it just looks like dirt. I checked his neck which was clear and didn't have any. I checked his lower back and there were some tiny specks but...
Hi everyone.
I have a hen who was being picked on. I brought her in, cleaned her up and checked on her yesterday morning. I noticed her crop was full (I bring their food out every morning so they have no access to food until morning) I thought maybe it could've been because I fed her later in...
Hi everyone. Today when I went outside to spend time with my girls I noticed one of them had a bloody comb and head. I sprayed vetericyn on her comb and back of head and then applied hen healer. I'm just so puzzled as to what could've happened because I noticed another one of my girls (Brownie)...
The birds in my small flock are very friendly! They love flying on me, sitting on my lap, and being near me. Please share pictures of your friendliest birds!