Been tending chickens for 4 years now. Lost our first overnight.
She had been sick for a while (probably longer than we knew). Had been finding soft shell eggs in the coop. Finally found one still part way inside her. Starter her on calcium and amoxicillin 3 days ago.
Heat has been...
Found this in the coop today. I am sure it is from one of my 6 almost 9 week old blue Australorps.
I first thought cecal poo, but it awfully light for that.
92 degrees here with 45% humidity, so feels like 98.
I am sure they are drinking lots of cool water and I also put cool water in their...
Of the six, sexed babies I got a few weeks ago, this is the only one that gave me pause, but I am pretty sure it is a girl.
Wattles/comb are pink/fleshy in color
Legs are not noticeably bigger than the others I got at the same time.
So I got so pictures out of my little babyroo who is now 10...
I have six 30-day old Blue Australorps. They spent the 1st 2 weeks of life in our coop extension in full view of the rest of the flock. 14 hens, 1 rooster and a single hatch that has turned out to be a cockerel. All Black Australorps.
When this young single hatch was about 4 weeks old, mom...
My baby blues (australorps) at 30 days old. They are getting big. Today, they ventured to the other side of the coop and didn't want to go back into their enclosure. :) :)
I have a flock of 14 hens, one rooster, one 7.5 week cockerel and six 24 day old pullets (🙏). All are black australorps, except the 6 24 day old pullets. They are blue australorps.
We have been finding soft shell, shell-less and rubber eggs for a few months, but I have never been able to...
My daughter is dealing with one of her hen's. She does't know if she has even laid an egg yet, but found her with a prolaspe yesterday.
They were out of town so my other daughter tended to the chicken. She was able to get the material back inside the chicken. It came back out so she repeated...
These are my now 23 day old Blue Australorp chicks. Getting big and just before that awkward, gangley teenage stage.
And their 7.5 week old companion. We were hoping "April" would stick. Renamed to St. Augustine. Will need to rehome. :(:(
I have six 20-day-old blue australorps. They have been in a separate part of our coop since day 1. A few days ago we integrated a 6 week old lone hatch, broody raised black australorp with them. That relationship is going very well, albeit, the 6 week old is missing the free range freedom...
I have 6 19-day-old blue australorp chicks. They are in separate part of my coop with a run we just build yesterday. I also have a 6 week old black australorp single hatch (probably a cockerel) in with them. The 6 week old was left by mom about a week ago and had been hanging by the chick's...
I have a 6, almost 7, week old single hatch chick raised by a broody momma who is currently the youngest of my flock of 14 hens and a rooster with the exception of 6 babies I picked up to place under a broody hen, which didn't go as planned. These 6 are currently 17 days old.
I am now brooding...
My daughter's chicken. Thought they had all girls. This one is Dandelion. Hackles look a little boyish, but I have no experience with EEs. No crowing.
Is this a girl or a boy? It is the one in the forefront with the two chickens in the picture.
Thank you.
These are my week old today Blue Australorps. 6 girls (🙏) to add to my existing flock of Blacks - 1 rooster, 14 laying hens, one 5 week old unknown sexed hatch - still hoping for a girl.
Today they got their first "sand box". Dirt from our property, which they have had small amounts to...
Day five of brooding these little cuties outside in our coop. They are rambunctious and curious.
Our temps have been mid nineties at peak daytime hours dropping to low 70s overnight.
Today we are forecasted to hit and sustain for 100-102 degrees for five hours, with 97 for a couple of...
6/4 got 6 Blue Australorps to add to my flock of Black Australorps. The plan was to put them under a 28 day broody hen. That did not work out. Whether it was the broody, the chicks or the inexperienced adoption provider (me) who knows, but I have my suspicions.
Thanks to @Ridgerunner I had...
I have a broody momma who hatched one little chick (long story). He/she is 26 days old today.
Their current sleep space is 1/2 of a 4x6 extension to our larger coop. The other half of the extension is taken up by a broody setting on eggs.
Yesterday, and then again today, momma has been going...
My current flock consists of Black Australorps only. 14 laying hens, 1 rooster and 23 day old single hatch 😢 being raised by my broody momma who set on 12 eggs.
On 6/5 I am picking up 6 Blue Australorp pullets (🤞). I am growing more suspicious by the day that our little single hatch baby is a...
I have a broody that I have been trying to break (sort of) for 2 weeks. She is pretty persistent. I really don't mind that she is broody b/c I am getting 6 day old chick on 6/5 that I am planning to put under her that same day if she stays broody that long (if not, I hope another will be...