Hello this is a 9-10 month old blue Orpington rooster, his foot just became injured and he can't walk to much and he's starting to loose weight, he's my main breeder for my sq Orpington birds and really need him. Does anybody know what the problem is and how to fix it ?
I've got him on...
Hello I have about 5 of these little guys. They are about 4 weeks old. And I am completely lost on what the breed these guys are ?? They are bantams, some are all black ( black legs,face combs ) all of the black chicks have a bit of a Mohawk right in the middle of their head. Just wondering what...
Ok so here I got this turkey. That I found as a little chick and raised it hoping it would be a Tom for Christmas. But never got around to eating it. I know absolutely nothing about turkeys,and how to tell if if they are a hen or Tom, except that he is a bronze ? I thought it was a Tom for the...
This is my supposedly " black austrolorp bantam " hen. That i have had for at least a year and a half, but I've got my doubts about her now. One reason is the golden colour coming in on her neck which isn't really standard to black austrolorp? And that she seems to small and skinny to be...
I got this boy as a chick. Thinking he was a Cornish chicken. But boy was I wrong, I'm thinking red sex link roo because of the brown coming in on his back. But what do you guys think?
I got this hen a while ago and she's about a year and a half now, and in the spring she hatched out her 1 clutch of eggs. For the longest time I thought she was a black austrolorp bantam but now I'm having doubts about the brown coloring coming in on her hackle feathers. Does anybody know for...
For the past week I've had numerous problems with my flock of chicks. The chicks are about 3 months old and I have aproxametly 15 chicks. They are a mix of buff brahma bantams, Mille fleur bantams, black austrolorp bantams and 1 partridge rock bantam, the problems started out with 1 of the...
Hello I have some buff brahmas bantams here. They are only a few out of the flock and I'm wondering if these birds are show quality? And if not S.Q are they good base parents to start breeding and improve a more pure line? And when breeding season comes around next spring what qualities and...
Hey guys I have a hen here that decided to go broody in November ( don't know why) she's been broody for about 3 days now. She is a silkie easteregger cross and she went broody on 2 eggs ( barred rock) and her own green egg. I am not the breaking broody type of person and I am always...
Hello this is a thread for sharing ideas about managing our winter flock problems. Please feel free to add your own problems about your winter coop and us byc'ers as I would think would help take care of that problem for you.
Ok my problem for my winter coop is on many levels my first being...
Hey I got this hen from a local poultry sale that happens every Saturday. And the seller told me she was a partridge rock. But I was thinking more like a gold laced Wyandotte. Can you guys please tell me what her actual breed is? Hope this pic works first time posting pics this way
this is my mille fluer roo that has bad feet and i can't figure out why the feet are so bad i picked him up from a local auction without inspecting his feet (stupid me) and when i did look i thought" what has this person done to him". so i put him in my chicken tractor that is on wheels with an...
this is a silkie that i picked up from a local breeder and i don't know much about silkies so i was wondering if some silkie experts could shine some light on this. this silkie has 4 toes on one foot and 5 on the other and does not have the traditional "fuzz" that a normal silkie has. it also...
This is a mille fleur contest
there will be 6 categories
chicks (under 2 months)
chicks (between 2 and 6 months)
pullets (between 7 and 12 months)
roosters (between 7 and 12 months)
most creative name
and best overall picture
you must also post
name
what category it is in (age)
and if you...
this is a 2 to 3 month old chick that i got from a chicken auction not to long ago and the seller didn't tell me what breed it was so i figured that this amazing byc community could help me out on identifying this unknown breed.
I'm always
Looking in the pen and boxes for some broody gals but can't get any I have 2 black australorps a buff brahma hen and a buff brahma rooster :(any tips on what i can do about that all the hens are about 16 to 20 months old and they all lay 1 egg per day except in the winter. All...