Hi helpful chicken people! I know it's a little early on this, but I've been worrying that this is a rooster since it was 2 days old. It's def the most aggressive of the flock, regularly chest bumps our rooster (who usually backs down to her) and the other little girls. Now her comb is starting...
Hi! Would someone be able to help with this chick? I ordered a white orpington, but her wing feathers are coming in light gray/silver...will she keep this color? Or be more white after her first molt? She's just about a week old now. Is this how white orpingtons typically look?
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Hi everyone, I have a 3 year old Barred Rock hen who started limping this morning. She's really not putting any weight on that leg. I checked her foot and leg, and cant see any injury, there is no broken skin that I can see...I dont have any idea what she's done to herself She came out of the...
Ok, so last weekend a hawk attacked one of my hens while they were all out free ranging. My girl was very traumatized and didn't eat well for almost a week. She also is still keeping one of her eyes closed all the time. Today was the first morning she had been back out with the flock since the...
My 1.5 year old black australorp was attacked by a medium sized hawk yesterday. My husband was able to get to her and get the hawk to fly off. At first she seemed to be in shock with both her eyes closed and was breathing through her mouth for about an hour. Around dusk I put her in the coop...
I have a flock of 7 hens that are just over a year old. A friend of mine found a day old chick on the side of the road and picked it up. She has been keeping it for 12 days, but is now in the hospital for cancer treatment and needs to find it a permanent home.
I do not want to comprimise the...
Yesterday I noticed that my Barred Rock is not acting right. She is 13 months old. She was standing off by herself when the rest were free ranging. She also had her feathers fluffed up so she looked bigger than normal. I picked her up and noticed that when she opened her mouth it was really...
We have a bit of a mouse problem in our coop. What do you all do, if anything to keep them out of the house? I don't want them spreading any diseases to my birds...can they do that? When we go in there to lock the girls up a night, you can feel them running across your feet...i think there are...
A friend of mine just showed me a whole dozen of olive green eggs that he bought from someone he knows
Why O why didn't I get at least one green egg layer!!!!!
They were so beautiful, I'm already planning my next chick order...DH is in trouble, and he has no clue
Well yesterday, after my dedicated RIR Ginger has been laying all by herself for 5 1/2 weeks, my Barred Rock Roxy laid her very first egg! Yay for Roxy!! They are all 25 weeks old today.
Just had to share
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I live in MD and we are having an exceptionally cold, windy day here. I have 1 polish in my flock of 8 and lately she always looks like she is miserably cold. She will not go in the coop by herself to get warm, and all the other chickens are large breeds so they dont seem to mind the...
So I had my first egg Wednesday!!! Yay! and another one yesterday!!
Now for my question, about how long does it take for the girls to lay normal-sized eggs? I love the cute little eggs I'm getting, Love them. I was just wondering for recipes and such, since they usually call for large eggs...
So tomorrow we are expected to get heavy rains with 40mph winds. Do you think I should shut the windows of the coop? I don't want them to be too hot, but dont want the pine shavings getting soaked either.
The high for tomorrow is supposed to be 83, so it's not incredibly hot. What do you...
Ok, these GIRLS are 9 weeks old today. What do you think...hens or roos. I ordered all pullets if that helps in your decision making. The buff orp has always been the biggest chick, but kinda flew under the gender radar because I've always had my eye on the GLW. Thanks for your input!!!
Ok, so I know it's still a little early to tell for sure, she is 4 weeks exactly...but I would like some opinions. She is the only rose comb we have, so I have nothing to compare her too. All the other chicks have single combs, but they are a very pale fleshy color...Lulu's is much darker, and...
Last night I noticed very watery poop in my 3 wk old black australorp chick. It was clear, like water. Three days ago I know her poop was normal.
This morning when I was watching her, she had another poop like water, but a little mucousy...then about 15 mins later had another water poop, but...
My little girls (getting to be big girls) had their first trip outside on Sunday. We had a very nice day here and stayed in the shade. They were funny...didn't venture far from us at all
They are too cute!
Ok, so I'm not sure if this is a true emergency, but i could def use some of your advice.
Several of my 8 chicks are having poo issues. Sometimes foamy yellow, or sometimes liquidy brown poop. It's hard to keep track of who's doing what, but everytime i let them out (inside a few times a...