I went out to the coop today and I found that our Rhode Island Red, Rhode Island White mix chicken can't walk. She is sitting with her feet out in front of her like a person. She is eating (she was eating when I found her). She tried to come to me, and it sounded like she passed gas with the...
I just got these little ones. I know they are bantams and I know they are booted. The person who gave them to me said they were French and that they were Mill Fluers. I have learned that that is a color, not a breed. I am not sure how old they are, sometime this summer.
I have no idea if I...
We live in Tustin, MI and are raising our first chickens.. We got 8 hens because the lady at the feed store said we didn't need a rooster. Some people with chickens said we should have one. Anyone know why we should or shouldn't have one? A friend of mine has three and offered us one.
We...