these were from a hatchery and supposed to be pullets, but one has almost no tail and more barring. Do you think one is a cockerel? I can't have roosters, how hard will it be to find someone to take it if it is a roo.
I was so worried last night, as I could hear the weird sound she was making from the basement. It almost sounded like a bad trumpet and was constant. This morning when I got up, it was quiet. I was almost afraid to go look. She is no longer making that sound and is eating and drinking. I started...
When I got home tonight my kids told me that one of our hens had been sneezing a lot and is now making a honking/wheezing sound constantly. What should I do? She is only about 7 months old and our favorite. I separated her from the others and offered her water, which she did drink. She was fine...
I'm going through the same thing with my Easter Egger. It's been 3 days so far. She's eating and drinking and acting better, but prolapse is not resolved. I have her separated in a dog kennel in my basement and have been bathing her and using honey. She seems ok, but I worry about infection. She...
When I got home from work, I found one of our hens looked like she had poop on her butt. Upon closer inspection, it was very red and swollen and looked like part of her rectum was protruding. It almost reminded me of a hemrhoid. She had laid an egg in the nesting box at some point. She kept...
Help! Something has gotten into my run twice now, in the middle of the afternoon and killed my chickens. I found them dead without their heads. My only survivors either flew completely out of the coop or went inside the hen house. There aren't any holes so I believe it is going through the...
I just lost 3 of our 4 Easter Eggers to a groundhog of all things. They were only 6 weeks and had been out in the coop a week. The groundhog had a burrow very close to their enclosure, I guess it was territorial..... . The kids and I are heartbroken, but the remaining hen is very stressed. We...