Maddie is a rescue I got about 6 weeks ago with a few others that were in rough shape. When I got her I was told she was a 2 month old sizzle pullet but I'm not convinced they kept track of age (they were way off on some others) lately her comb/wattles have had a growth spurt and are turning...
This morning 3 of my "teens" were gone. I had just put them in that coop, no signs of struggle or feathers anywhere. Any advise? I don't have a live trap but I don't know how something like a raccoon or opossum could have gotten in? Im thinking about putting out some rat poison blocks that I...
This is my first hatch and all the marks on the outside of my eggs are in different spots so I can't tell where the air cell is just by looking :-/ I had a chick hatch on day 19.5 and jumble everything around.
Should I candle my eggs and reset them with the air cell up? I hear lots of peeping...
Fuzzy legged bantams. Dirty brown color some with faint chipmunk stripes, very fluffy! I can't put pics up because I don't know how from my IPhone but other pics for comparison would be great! Any ideas?
My frizzle chick seems to be having issues. It was given to me along with another the same age, about 3 weeks. They looked pretty sickly when I got them on Monday and the one is looking better now but the frizzle is still not looking any better. Her feathers are thin and nonexistent in places...
So I've just recently gotten settled in to a home in central Oklahoma, moved from Wi. My dad always had chickens but I didn't mess too much with them so I'm excited to be in this little BYC community I've gotten a start with a handful of bantys a few production reds and a couple wyandottes...
So I was given two chicks (about three weeks old) and soon after bringing them home I noticed lumps on their necks. I figured they just needed some grit in their crops but kept them separated. Now I'm noticing my other chicks who are much younger have lumps too. The lumps go away when I pull...