Hi I need your help. Today since it’s fall I let my hens in the backyard completely free while I was picking up what’s left in the garden. They ate lots of stuff: vegetables, tomatoes, dirt, grapes, worms and lots of grass. Now I’m worried because I found some bright red diarrhea but I don’t now...
Hello, I was wondering if my rooster is in pain. He was born with bad crooked toes, I managed to fix them for the most part but one toe stayed crooked. It didn’t seem to bother him until this spring, when he turned 1 year old. He started to hop around like if he was limping. When the snow melted...
Hi! So I have a hen that has gone broody for the first time. We put her in a separate cage with food and water, I think she was taking great care of her 5 eggs. Sometimes she would ask me to get out, go dust bath outside a bit and come back. We are at day 13. But today she broke two of them...
Hi! So I’m having a bit of a problem here, thought it would settle with time but it doesn’t... I have 10 hens and 3 roosters. Yes, I know, it’s too many roosters, but they are sweethearts, and they are awesome with my girls. But the bottom roo on the pecking order, Popcorn, is always trying to...
Hi! I am new to this site! I was wondering what kind of babies an Easter Egger Frizzle rooster and a Polish hen make?
The hen is golden laced, she is small, and the EE is splash colour I think. He is a big boy. What do you think would be the colour, would they have a crest? Would they lay...
Hi, I have 6 chicks that are 9 and a half weeks old. (they were born on Easter). I have 2 RIR, 2 Leghorns (so I've been told) and 2 black orpington mix.
Please tell me what you think. Boy or girls. The one that looks more like a boy is the very last one (black) but he or she doesn't behave...
Hi, I need help... I have 6 new chickens (2 RIR, 2 white Leghorns and 2 black orpington mix...... I believe). The red and the white ones are exactly 8 weeks old. The black ones are more or less the same age.
Do I have boys or girls? I know some of you guys are really good at this so please...
Hi, I'm new to chickens. I have 4 RIR laying hens and 5 silkies (3 hens and 2 roos). I'm in trouble AND yes I know I'll be better next time but right now I'm stuck :)
One of my silkie hen started to sit on one egg! We were happy. After a couple of days, she had several eggs. Again very...