I have 2 turkeys..bronze broad breasted....they are raised as pets, we will not eat them and they are BRATS!!
I was pretty sure they were females but one of them..Charlie seems to have more Tom traits..he does his puffed up routine and tends to be a little more aggressive.
My other one Jake...
I recently rescued a white leg horn Hen that lost one of her legs, she was the only one left from a couple that moved and left their flock on the land. Thankfully the new owners found this little one under the coop, she had lost one of her legs and was full of mites and lice, very thin.
My...
My little 7 month old splash rooster Lenny started acting funny about 1 week ago...he had a runny nose with sneezing when I first brought him home..after treatment he acted better still sneezed at times. 1 week ago I noticed he was all fluffed up and was unable to keep his balance. I brought...
Top video is 2 days after the fox attack..the bottom video was 2 weeks after...she is walking and is able to stand and run!! I am so glad we chose not to cull her!
Miss Amber!
I bought home 7 week old Buff Orpington chicks today...one has what looks like a broken toe..the end of her toe is black and the toe is deformed..does not seem to bother her and the store gave her to me free because of the injury...but once I bought them home I noticed one little chick is...
My new Siklie Chicks...momma Annabell Hatched them 2 weeks ago...they are so cute! Two of them are gray and one of them is so diffrent looking! So much cuteness!
This is Momma! Such a great Momma!
This is Daddy! Such a handsome boy!
I am not sure but I am thinking Momma chicken may have...
I am so Heartbroken...I lost my dear Russie Roo Roo this afternoon...it happened so fast..him and his ladies were outside enjoying the grass..he was sitting on my lap eating hotdogs..then all of the sudden he took off after something..by the time I was able to catch up to him..he was just laying...
Ok...the last of three eggs to hatch starting with a small pip last night...I just got home and noticed the eg was still not progressing and there was still the small hole..I was able to break away some of the shell not attached to anything..then I placed her back under the mom...but he has been...
My broody Silkie..that has been broody for what seems like forever..has hatched her eggs!! One little gray baby hatched yesterday morning....so stinking cute and fluffy...then tonight we found another one..must have hatched just a few hours before we looked. I have had mom inside for a month...
So my Little silkie went broody at the end of january....she had 4 eggs at first but ended up with a total of 7 after she started to steal my other silkies eggs. I thought I was watching the eggs and her closely but one night last week I went to take the newest stolen egg away..and found a...
Ok..so my white Silkie who is about 8 months old starting to sit on her eggs yesterday.She was making a purring like noise when I tried to reach in to see if she was really sitting in some. There are now 2 eggs there..can they go broody in the winter months and still hatch ok? Is there anything...
LOL!! This is the Miss Queen of the coop my Miss Gretta...
And this is Miss Gretta today...can you say MOLTING much??
This is Miss Gretta showing off her once fluffy chicken butt...
and this is her not so fluffy butt of today!
Poor Miss Gretta..it is so cold outside this week so I had to...
James Bond and a chicken meet, the chicken asks: "Whats your name?" Bond reply's "Bond, James Bond" Bond asks the chicken the same, she reply's, "Ken, Chick Ken"
Last night my little white leghorn Miss Jenny was very sick and I thought we were going to lose her...I posted her signs and symptoms on here last night and recieved some great advice..I followed that advice and she passed the egg she was bound up with..and this morning...she is doing GREAT...
This evening my husband told me he thought one of my white leghorn was going broody because she was in the nesting box this evening when he tried to collect eggs. I went out to see and she was still in the box but was sitting on some other hens egg.... and she looked bad...brought in her the...
I am from Maine and I have been trying to find someplece that I can get ex battery hens...I have tried every rescue place possible~ Does anyone know where I could possibly go? I am willing to go out of state....but I seem to get a dead end no matter where I turn..I really want to rescue ex...
My Buff Brahama is appox 4 years old and has always had such pretty feathers..she has been our Roosters favorite and always laid an egg a day. Yesterday I noticed lot's of feathers in the coop..I though for a moment someone was attacked..then I noticed Miss Maggie my Buff Brahama was missing...
This is Miss Annebell..she about 5-6 months old and is ..how do I put it.....funny! She is cute and a little crazy but I am afraid she can not see..her crest is really big and she seems as though she is having a hard time seeing things..she finds her food bowl and will walk around ok..but...
My 6 year old BA hen has slowed down her laying...one or two a week has been the norm for her..yesterday I had 9 egss and I have 9 laying age hens..so I know she laid an egg..then last night after the othes were in the coop..I was going to close them up when I noticed Bella..the 6 year old BA...