My year old Dominique just shed most of her feathers. Falling out everywhere. She went on a two month broody hiatus that I couldn’t break her out of and she didn’t lay any eggs.
I was out of the country for 5 days and during that time my daughter informed me that her feathers were falling out...
So I got new chicks and while they were isolated, they were still within my coop.
Seems like all my chickens are getting or got sick.
One seems like it passed with no issues, but this one it hit her hard. She is struggling to breathe. How can I help her?
She’s not eating and drinking.
I used a...
Last week Wednesday we went out and bought five chicks, 4/6 weeks old. They all appeared healthy, the guy who sold them had a very clean organized setup with clean water and clean bedding.
I brought them home and put them in a small cage within my coop. Woke up this morning to find one of my...
Male female?
They’re probably 4-8 weeks old. The guy told me they were older, but I had traveled quite far and realized when I got there, they were babies.
I really hope they’re female. I have two other ones but what’s a Plymouth Rock and a female and the other, a Brahma - I couldn’t get a...
Just bought these chicks - I was told they are 4 months old, but only one looks that age. The others seem much younger.
But the guy insisted these were females and I don’t believe that two or three are. I’ll post a few pictures of what I got. Will keep trying to take clearer ones.
Weird situation here.
I purchased two four/five month old baladi chickens six months ago.
They were kept in strange living conditions, cages above the floor, bunch of chickens in a small space, but fed regular commercial feed no scraps.
They were skittish when we got them, and still are now...
I have a seven month old Australorp who does not allow two hens to lay in the nesting boxes and pecks them until they end up laying in the middle of the run.
If I’m out there, I usually block her and wait while they lay so she doesn’t chase them out.
Looking for tips on how to prevent her...
My rooster is bothering my hens - I need to separate him.
The only place I can put him is where my chicks are. They are 10 weeks old now.
If I put the babies with the hens, I can lock up the roo.
However, I can’t separate the feeders as they’re pretty big chicks and I can’t make a small...
I have a bunch of hens who have been laying almost daily for the past few months.
I have one birchen Cochin bantam who likes being broody, and she takes the longest breaks, but otherwise they basically all lay 5-7 eggs a week. Some have a day off every week.
Three weeks ago my Dominique and...
This to me isn’t something I’d feed my kids - and I’m trying to figure out what’s causing runny poop with my hens.
Is this standard in chicken feed? How can I modify their diet and cut out the garbage?
Or is this considered okay?
Layers: Corn, wheat, sunflower meal, soybean meal, limestone...
My cream legbar rooster - hatched mid December started crowing about two weeks ago.
The guy told me they don’t start up until they’re six months old and sometimes they’ll be quiet for a year.
What in heavens name??
Waking me up at all hours. I thought I had more time 😭
This unknown breed I got as a mistaken legbar has developed these bumps on the inside of its legs, and a strange single feather by the foot - both feet. Any clue as to breed?
Also - comb - indication of male?
three weeks old.
So I got two legbar yesterday. One 10 days old and one 12 days old. They do not have white dots, but one has no eyeliner and they’re not the same colors. Please help!
First three are chick one with no eyeliner
Next three are chick two with eyeliner