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This is a young barred rock cross cream legbar cockerel I received a couple years ago

For anyone interested, this is her now

Hoping to be hatching some eggs from a friend who has a very big buff orpington cockerel running with around 30 of your standard brown laying hens (golden comet, redstar, isa brown, goldline there's so many names) and wondered what both the male and female offspring would look like. Anyone done...

Despite this ones colours when it was a chick, it's now a fully grown laying hen that looks an awful lot like an rir to me. Maybe there is some cross in there for the colour variation as a chick but it doesn't show now. Just thought I'd let you all know how it turned out.

Do I remember reading that there's a certain number of days until they either die or start to recover from cocci?

I have not had her on any antibiotics. I live in the uk and cannot simply purchase some without an expensive trip to the vet. The hen is not in any visible pain or behaving strangely, just the coughing, so I thought I would leave her to see if she got better on her own. If she did get worse then...

I have a hen that has been coughing/sneezing and passing bloody poo for about 5 weeks now. I have kept her seperate and hoped that she would either recover on her own accord or die. But 5 weeks on and she is still going. I am reluctant to put her back with the others in case it is infectious...

I've never fed her any medicated feed. She is still eating and drinking and runs away from me fine, but she is very croaky and now has bloody poo. Will look into getting some Corid. Thanks for the help

Right, this hen is now passing blood in her poop. One locked as though it was a massive worm, as long as my hand and deep red in colour. I did worm her yesterday in case she had worms and she has also laid an egg. Still being kept separate though. I know blood in the poo suggests coccidiosis but...

I can't help on breed but I would say the first one (the white one) is a cockerel, and the other two are pullets. Hope some more experienced members will correct me if I'm wrong and tell you the breeds

I have made sure she has had plenty of garlic to eat today and also wormed her so hopefully that is helping too

Well we have just managed to get rid of a red mite infestation and so a lot of DE has been used in the coop. Could it be this in the air? We use straw as bedding and a window is left open on the hutch in the summer so wouldn't most dust escape through that? After I put the DE round I leave the...

She was vaccinated as a chick at a few weeks old. She is now coming up to 2 years old. Her breathing is not so loud now. Every breath literally sounded like a little trumpet, now it just sounds slightly croaky and she coughs every now and then. Any ideas?

Also, do I need to keep this hen separate from the others. She is at the moment but she's not in the nicest of places and if I can, it would be much nicer for her to go back with the main flock.

Anyone know what's going on?

This bird has been vaccinated against IB and mycoplasma along with most of the other illnesses chickens get so I am struggling to workout what she has. It's just the raspy breathing and sneezing. She still eats and drinks fine, no nasal drainage, eyes are clear and not swollen, she seems fine in...

Yesterday I noticed one of my hens started sneezing. I picked her up, checked her nostrils and eyes, no discharge and eyes completely clear. This morning her breathing is terrible. You can hear every breath like a little trumpet. Her nostrils are still clear and so are her eyes, she is still...

I would go with injectable if I could get my hands on it. That way you make sure that each bird is getting exactly the right amount of antibiotics.

I have a hen that was pushed off her perch the other night and fell awkwardly. She is now limping quite badly, though she does put some weight on it and is eating and drinking fine. Is it simply a case of a bit of TLC and it should get better? I have felt all around the leg and there is no...

I did end up culling the bird. And 3 days later, so far, none of the other hens are showing any signs of the disease so it looks like I managed to separate her in time. I only chose to cull as it was just the one bird and the others all seemed healthy so didn't want to risk them getting ill...