My 7 day old baby bobwhite quail has its mouth open and panting. I also hear crackling noises coming from its mouth. It’s been doing this for about 3 hours. It just drank and pooped. It was eating normally this morning. It’s still acting somewhat normal. Is it choking? Can I do something? What...
Not an emergency but wondering what this could be. I have buff orphington chickens that are about 9 months old. They were all very healthy and fluffy looking. But Over the last week I have noticed the smaller one getting very pale on her face and comb and losing feathers/ her fluff. She stands...
Help!! Chickens are hot!! I have 6 Orpington chickens 3 micro chickens. It’s hitting the 90s here today and this week. The chickens are panting and I’m super worried they will die. I keep putting out cool water for them to drink. I have frozen bottles wrapped in a towel in their coop so they can...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes. Got them almost 2 weeks ago. 6 baby orphington chicks
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? 6
(3) What breeds do you have? Orphington
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens? I love farm animals...
I just got 6 baby orphingtkn chickens. I believe I got them when they were about two weeks old. They are going on 3.5-4 weeks now and I’m not sure what to do with them with the winter weather. We live in a cold climate so right now in February it’s 30-40 degrees in the day time and about 20...