I'm looking for general feedback. I have a bird who has a pretty significant upper respiratory illness. Of course I didn't notice until she was already pretty weak (weak enough to actually show me any symptoms - they so love to hide their weakness from the flock). On the plus side, she was still...
Hello everyone:
I got these two chickens at a feed store that I'm not that familiar with. The orange and white one they told me was an RIR, which is obviously incorrect (Looks like a golden comet to me). The white one they said is a white leghorn, which I have no experience with, but I think...
I am bad at telling sex. Is this a young roo or a young hen? I just met him/her walking down the street this morning, a couple doors down, hanging out on somebody's lamp by the sidewalk. If it's a girl, she seems awfully skinny. What breed is it?
So I found homes for two cockerels this summer, much to my chagrin. Now I'm wondering how many of the next generation of three purportedly pre-sexed chicks I got from the same place are in fact pullets. I am still a total beginner, but the saddle feathers and deep red comb/wattle color coming...
This sweet fluffy 3-month old black cochin was raised with a black minorca who turned out to be a rooster. I busted my butt to find the roo a home on a ranch, and then this one started crowing. I was hoping that "she" just missed her buddy, but he's been gone a week and the crowing continues...