My mother in law has a salmon faverolle who is low on the pecking order, but sweet as can be. She is hoping she gets to keep the bird. No roos where she lives.
I have a 5 month old Houdan. It has yet to lay an egg or to crow. The feathers make me think female, but the waddles make me think male. I can’t have roosters and I had a silkie crow last week, so if I have to rehome, I want to do it at the same time.
This is my mom’s sapphire splash pullet. She is 13-14 weeks old. She has had an ongoing poopy butt problem once she moved outside at 8 weeks (did have some pasty butt her first week). There are probiotics in her water, but it doesn’t seem to be doing anything. She has to be cleaned every couple...
I have 3 frizzles in question. All are about 12 weeks old. There is the smooth who I think is a roo, the brown frizzle who I am not sure about, and the black frizzle I believe is a hen. Am I right? TIA
A mink got in the coop and killed two of our favorite chickens. I'm so sad, but my manly husband did the dirty deed and killed the monster by shooting it in the head.
What are the chances that another mink will attack? Are the "family" animals that will continue to strike? Our coop isn't...
I have a hen that is very sick. She is still going outside and staying with the flock in the run, but she won't eat treats when they are given to them. One of her eyes is swollen shut and both nostrils are clogged. She is breathing with her mouth open. I am treating the whole flock with...
I went outside to let my girls out. One of my 10 week leghorns was laying down. She had bloody mucous dripping from her left nostril. She is lethargic. She didn't want to stand. Her tail is drooping and she is somewhat puffed up. She is almost half the size of the other leghorn her age. She is...
I have been pulling smelly cheese-like boogers out of my 4 year old bantam modern game hen since December. Her nares will be clear for about 24 hours before they plug up again. It take about a week until her nose if fully clogged and I can pull the boogers out. I have been watching for sores in...
I have a 3 year old leghorn with bumblefoot. I cleaned her up on Sunday, bandaged her foot and put her in the shower away from the dogs and cats. Today when I went to check on her, she was sitting in a huge puddle of her own diarrhea. She is on flock raiser crumbles, water, electrolytes, and an...
I have a broody that as been sitting for a long while...I didn't track when she got started. I candled her 3 eggs and all have a large air sack and are dark and full. So I am expecting chicks soon. Right now she is in the smaller coop that I have partitioned off. I have 10 six seekers that need...