Ok, I don't know what is going on, I have raised chickens for years and have never had a weight issue. I have 4 chickens of which 3 (1 Silkie Rooster, 1 Polish Hen and 1 Standard Brahma Hen) that are just skinny. The rooster is up and down, sometimes he eats well sometimes he always has food...
My daughters best friend has a chicken. I do not know what type it is, never seen it, but my daughter says it is white and large, compared size to our Brahma. Her best friend keeps the chicken in her bedroom in a cage. Anyway, my daughter told me her friend said she thinks her chicken is...
I have had chickens and ducks for about 10 years now, well the chickens came along 4 years ago. Anyway, I have a large run for them and over the years it has just gotten to be a mess. The ducks loved it because they wallowed in the mud...lol However we don't like sinking in the mud.
I am...
I have a frizzled cochin chick, not quite a year old. Early this morning her comb started falling over. Anyone know what is going on? She has been in my house for about 2 months. She seems well.
I am still messing with a chick thought to have this, however she is doing normal but still is have nasal discharge, smells horrible from her head (assuming the nasal discharge), the odor is better on some days. Her eyes are clear, with no discharge, she still scratches her head, above her eye...
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I have a baby Silkie, about 1 or 2 weeks old. Anyway, 2 days after I brought her home she started getting poo on her bottom. I have had to constantly on a daily basis clean it. I have since cut her down there and haven't had a problem.
A couple of weeks ago I lost an older Silkie chick...
Ok, I am at my wits end here.
I bought a Silkie that was to be 2-3 months old and a Frizzled that was probably about 4 weeks old.
I bought both of them together the day after Easter.
For no apparent reason the Frizzled died that Friday and my Silkie died today.
Why?????
The Frizzled did not...
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I have a baby Frizzled chick and I have had her a week +. About 3 days ago I bathed her, she was real nasty from where she came. I noticed her eye was matted shut, I cleaned it and thought maybe it was just from the food and other chick. Well I have kept an eye on it and it has gotten...
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I have a Pekin duck aged 9. Yesterday we let all 4 ducks out and Daffadil went to the other side of the pen (on the outside) and just layed there. When I noticed she was missing this is where we found her. My husband picked her up and made her go with the other ducks and she was...
I bought a Silkie and a Frizzled Cochin on Monday. Tonight when I went to bed about 12:30 I noticed they weren't cherping, I went and looked and my little Maisey had died. She was still warm. Maisey is a Frizzled Cochin. Now my concern is her sister. I am not sure if Maisey died of...