I have not figured out what the issue is, and it’s still there. It’s only 2 out of my now 9 birds. If anything, they look worse now, with bald skin exposed. I will get some updated pics when it quits raining.
And now I see it clear as day and wonder how I didn’t notice this before. I was blind! Well Chuck and Cody have to find a new home. I wonder if I can breed a speckled Sussex rooster with a sex link hen. But unless I have a broody hen, no eggs are going to hatch anyway. Grrr!!
Man I am seriously bummed! I don’t know how I didn’t notice this before. I just didn’t look because I assumed they were all hens. Btw the white is not a roo, she’s an amberlink, definitely laying, and sweet as pie! Having never had roosters, I didn’t know they’d act just like hens. These...
This is Charlotte and Cocoa. Well, it might be Charles and Cody?? I just assumed they were hens, as all my chicks were bought sexed, and it never entered my mind. But the wattles on Charlotte! And she’s HUGE. And they both have really long neck feathers. What are they? I raised them with all my...
I thought one chicken was pecking on the others. But now all 4 hens have this going on. Coop and run are huge and I only have 4 so not overcrowded. Had chickens for 8 years so not new. We recently moved the entire coop and run to a new town, so 3 months ago they were stressed. One chicken lays a...
Well I guess that is what they are then. I was hoping to have something different even if it was not what I picked. But I still love my bsl hen, she is my favorite and 4 years old now.
one of these is a black sex link I know for sure because I already have a 4 year old hen, and I got this one out of the black sex link bin! It has a super rusty chest and yellow legs. But the other two came out of a black silkie bin,which they clearly are not. They have black/slate legs, and a...
I was wondering how many chickens would be good for this size coop!
The run is 11'9" by 4'4", and the coop is and additional 6'4" by 4'4" with the run also extending under the coop, and the entire thing is 5'7" tall in back to 6 feet tall in front. So what do you all think I can hold in there?
Thank you again for all the help. My chicken died this morning. :( she was looking better too. She walked around my patio and even hopped up on my brick wall, and then she just suddenly made a sqwaaak sound and keeled over dead. I still have no idea what was wrong with her. My other chickens are...
Thank you once more. I got the de-wormer and am giving it to her. Today she is standing, which she wasn't doing yesterday or this morning. She is sort of hiding in my bushes and just standing in once place. She is still drinking and eating a little. I am giving her scratch since she is all...
Thank you so much. Do you have any recommendations for where to get the de-wormer? We do not have a lot of options here, and big R only had some that goes in the feed and is $25. Is that the price I should be paying? I am going to try to call another farm and ranch store and see what they have...
Thank you for the reply! I was beginning to think no one was going to. I don't know if she has worms but none of the other chickens are sick at all. She is the only one. She is so sick she can't even stand on the roost, she falls off. I kept her inside all night and she is still alive. Her poo...
I have more info to add and it's sad. This poor chickie baby is skeletal! She barely weighs anything and her bones are sticking out! But she is eating! How could this happen? I don't know what to do. We pick them up and out them in their roost every night, and no one noticed anything wrong with...
One of my hens was laying around this morning. She has poopy feathers around her rump. We have tried yogurt before when a hen is acting funny so we tried that. Didn't help but she did eat it on her own. Then we tried a warm soak for 20 minutes, and set her in a box in the dark. She basically...