I’ve only had chickens for 2 months so total newbie. My young Plymouth Rock ?5mo old/not laying was holding her wings out from body and seemed to have an enlarged/distended upper chest area. Yesterday. I’m in Fl and it’s brutally hot but she wasn’t panting she was eating, drinking and but less...
Newbie here. We got 1 EE rooster (?6 months old) and 8 hens (similar age and not yet laying) for our first flock. We ALSO picked up 2 laying Wyandottes and their Mature Good rooster. They wyandottes are are separated from the younger flock but can see/smell/hear each other. The EE Roo has begun...
Hi all, I’m new to raising chickens and just hatched some eggs. The first 4 hatched a day early and were/are fine. The 5th one is deformed. And I had to remove her as the other 4 were trying to eat her. She can’t walk or even get off her belly. The foot seems fused to her leg and it appears to...