I have found that if you only have one of a type, she will get picked on. I have a single Silver Wyandotte and a single Rhode Island Red. They are both on the bottom of the pecking order. I have 3 Australorps and 4 Orpingtons. Although the Orpingtons are the top of the order, they leave the...
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Created pullet and cockerel flanking the "pullet of unusual size". Any guesses as to breed? Not a SFH. She has dark grey legs and feet, single comb, wispy feathering on one leg.
I had something like that this morning with my SFH cockerel. He was a little lethargic (sleeping against the feeder) so I picked him up and saw the "white stuff". To my untrained eye, I thought he had a piece of food that was kicked into his eye that had swelled up because of the tears, etc...
Hello all,
I have retired this year, moved back to ORegon, and am getting into chickens. I have had goats off and on and the chickens are great, although they are still young and not laying.
I'm planning to go to the fall swap in Corvallis in a couple of weeks.
Looking forward to...