I have a Dorking mix rooster and his wattles(under the ears) have white dots at first i thought it was because he was old but now that his chicks are grown I see that some of them have the same white wattles (under the ears)
I have a Dorking mix rooster and his wattles(under the ears) have white dots at first i thought it was because he was old but now that his chicks are grown I see that some of them have the same white wattles (under the ears)
Does anyone know if the feathers will grow back after a chicken has been healed from fowl pox.
I bought a few month old chicks a while back and two weeks into their isolation i noticed scabs and found out they have fowl pox. I've gotten at least half of them healed but they look bold and i just...
Can someone help Identifing my hen she layed her first egg today and i would really appreciate the helpi took a foto of the egg in the sun and shade don't know which is more helpful
I have these two roo's or well I have always thought they were roos but they are 4 almost 5 months old and their saddle feathers are round like a hen's while their hatchmates that are roos hsve the long pointy saddle feathers of a roo
I don't know if I am at the right category but I recently bought afew month old chicks but when I got them they looked at least 2 months old but when i asked the breeder asured me they were only a month old.
They are rir and austrolop mix.
So am i just lucky that they are devoloped so much or...
For the past three days one of my 5 month old pullet chicks have been favoring one of the nesting boxes.
She is not ready to lay yet so it was strange from the start.
This morning when I opened the coop so they can go into their run she came out really exited and energetic, but not 2 hours later...
Everyone always warn me about my cockerels turning into bullies but I have the perfect sweetheart here.
We recently got a new 5 month old plymoth rock roo and he was being bullied by some of the chickens in the coop when my 4 month old austrolop roo stepped in and took him under his wing. Now i...
Hello, i have a chicken here in my coop i don't know her age but she is rather old maybe 4 or 5 years but she could be older, but about two weeks ago her eyebrows or at least the skin above the eyes started drooping.
But that is all i see wrong with her she still has a healthy appetite, she is...
Hello there my chicks are hatching in the incubater as we speak and the eggs from one of my RIR's eggs have a very thick shell and a bloody membrane. This is my second time trying to hatch her eggs the previous time we had to help two of the chicks to hatch because they pipped but they didn't...
This afternoon i discovered small transparent/white eggs in my chicken droppings i don't know what they can be from i don't see any worms or flies in the droppings please help!
I have 4, 8 week old chick with 1 has a rather large comb but the others are normal sized they are a very light pink colour. Do i have roos or could they be pullets
My 14 week old pullets combs are turning pink. Do i need to give them any special feed to prepare them for their first egg? Do i need to seperate them from their brothers? Any help is appreciated.