I got some mystery chicks and I don’t know what breeds they are. They’re all standard size and I got them from a hatchery. They’re all 4 weeks old. Would anyone like to take a guess?
1. There’s two that look like this. They’re both big and they’ve got fluffy feet.
2. The only guess I’ve got for...
So on Sunday I noticed that my hen was lethargic. She was perfectly fine Saturday, but something changed on Sunday. She’s a 1 year and 5 month old red sex link. I’m fairly sure that she laid on Sunday, and I put her in a dog crate so I could keep an eye on her.
I noticed that she wasn’t eating...
Today I noticed that my Brahma hen had this big dark scab/callus thing on one of her feet. I’m pretty sure it’s bumblefoot but I don’t want to do surgery if I don’t have to, and there’s not really a scab like I’ve seen in photos of bumblefoot. She’s also currently broody and doesn’t come out of...
For the last few days, my 1 year old red sex link hen has had a large crop. I thought it was impacted crop, but when I felt two days ago, it was squishy. I felt it yesterday, and it was hard again. I’ve never had any problems like this, and I don’t know if it’s impacted or sour crop. I just went...
So, a few days ago I noticed that my red sex link hen Cheddar had grey on her head. I took a closer look and found that she seems to have lost all her feathers by her comb and is now growing them back. She is about 9 months old, so she is too young to be molting, right? None of my other hens...