I noticed that one of my roosters crowing and sounding like he was drowning then my other Rooster had a really yucky goopy swollen eye so I called Ifa and talked to their chicken expert and she gave me this medication. It's helped everything except my icky eyed rooster still had a swollen eye...
My hen had been killing my chicks once they start to hatch so I'm going to take this chick that is trying to hatch out now, and put it in a seperate home. What temperature should this area be for the chick?
So my flock is very skinny and I have upped their food and they ara healthy other than the skinniness! I switched to 20% protein and nothing has happened...can someone give me some advice as to how I can "fatten" them up?
OK so I had 9 eggs under my broody hen and 3 were killed. So I moved her to the garage in a dog kennel and monitored her from there. Saturday a chick hatched but was formed wrong (organs were falling out it's vent). She ate what came out of the chick that was left behind (is that normal?). Today...
Yesterday evening my hen was killed by a raccoon and my roosters neck was pulled at and his chest feathers are gone. I need help please! He can stand a little with my help and takes a few drops of water every 45 min to an hour! He has been pooping but not eating...when he stands his neck will go...
My small coop was attacked by a creature that left behind dark black poop, and pulled the neck of my rooster and left my hen headless. My hens breast was scooped out threw the wire and the neck was chewed on. My rooster is lifting his head a little and took some water but he was left in the sun...
My hens have a very soft, moist, slimy, and light green stool! They start laying in the spring and fall but anytime during the summer or winter (no matter the weather) they wont lay eggs! They are all over a year old and they have a rooster. There is a sheet put up so they can hide from the dogs...
I heard my rooster crowing this morning and the crow was gurgled. When he breathes it sounds moist and like there is water in his lungs! His comb and ear lobes are extraordinarily hot! He wont crow anymore no matter if my other rooster or i crow at him. Im really worried because my whole flock...
My grandma found a fledgling on the ground in her back yard. it seems to be a Sparrow and it won't take worms. it has not (in our knowledge) drank any water. the mother will not come back even before we interfered. What can we do? It looks like this bird below (picture off of google!) but it...
So i have this White Crested Polish Roo that is 1 year old and as Beautiful as can be! I have been wanting to show hims soooo stinking bad but I can't figure out if there are standards and i can't figure out when the next Utah show is...can you all help me?!?!!? This is him below! I need all the...
I let my flock out of the coop on sunday and i closed the coop to keep my roosters seperated. Well I was planting some flowers and my blue polish hen was yelling at me! I had no idea what she wanted. I went inside and was talking to my mom when I realized DUH SHE NEEDS TO LAY AN EGG!!!! So...
My WCBP/SLW roo is begining to fluff up and do his little "i'm bigger than you" dance! My brother and i began crowing at him this morning and i could see the crazy rooster in his eye! HAHAHAHAH!! I just wanted to share! How old were your roosters when they began to crow and what did they sound...
on friday i sold my 5 quail to a man in Morgan that breeds them! Just wanted to share how happy i am to know they are now happy and will have a great owner!!
So i want to put a beautiful mini garden in my run buuuuut i dont know whatl plants chickens WONT eat! I wanted to know if Chicks and Hens (the plant not the birds!! HAHAHA!!) Would work...any other plant will be awesome too! HELP ME PLEASE!!!
I have been a chicken owner for 1 year...yet i still cant figure out the coop size i need! I have 13 chickens, but 12 will be living in one coop! How big does it need to be?!?!?!!?!?!? I have 11 hens and 1 roo that will live in it! THANK YOU in advance!
This month my Rooster Yingyang and his "sister" Lucy (rest in peace...) will be 1 year old!! We have gone through more than you can think of with these chickens. From Legal issues (having to get rid of Yingyang...never would have happened!), our dog eating Lucy:'( , and our dog trying to eat...
We got Button Quail 4 weeks ago and have to sell them now. They are free (or for trade for
chicken treats!) and we would love to meet you half way to drop them off, we live in Utah. Now we will consider shipping as long as its not to far away!! There are five and all really healthy. All they...
On december 25 2011 my chickens hatched two eggs. A polish and a slw, polish mix! Well the older my rooster ( slw, polish) got he seemed to look more like my americana easter egger! Yet the egg he hatched out of was a cream color like my slw's! Is it possible that the egg color could have i dont...
This is my 2 1/2 week old Rissian Orloff and i am thinking she is a he! It was a straight run group of babies and i got s/he praying it was a she! What do you think it is?!?!
On the 21 of March i got 4 baby chicks and i justrealized my buff keeps throwing up! I picked her up after she drank because she was throwing up and she threw up on mE!! Everytime she drinks she throws up! What is with her?!?!?!?!?