This thing with velcro and spandex like material that reduces crow volume but still allows normal vocalisations at lowered volume. It still can eat & drink. Made a DIY one for now
I can't bear to eat it or perform surgery on it, my hands are extremely shaky.
I might try a no crow collar and if that doesn't work I will resort to giving it away.
These 2 were originally kept by neighbours who fed them quite badly (just oatmeal...). Neither have laid an egg or crowed, although the bigger one has done the egg song and done some weird calling out in the morning which sounds different from a rooster crow but is still annoying. The larger...
Hi, Thanks for the reply. I too think that the second one is male, it is just the lack of crowing and presence of egg clucking that is confusing me (still no eggs though :/)
I'll try to get the chickens out of the coop and take some clearer pictures.
Although the second one does look really like a rooster to me, it has never crowed before (10 months) and is now doing the egg cluck song when the other pullet is not doing it and also hasn't laid an egg. Very confused. Please help?
To be honest, I do not know what breed the "pullet" is, but I'll post some pictures soon. It has been 10 months and comb growth is really small plus it has not crowed before.
I sorted out things with the neighbours so I have put the rooster back in the coop. Its wearing a no crow collar thing...
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I have just separated my 11 month rooster from another 10 month pullet (?) because it has begun crowing extremely loudly. I have put it in a large box in the garage. It is now silent. But now the other chicken is now making loud noises that almost sound like a crow but more like crying. I...
Hi. My smallest chicken suddenly stopped eating or drinking and closed its eyes. On closer inspection, its vent is full of small insects, I think they are mites. Please help, this is my favourite chicken and it is only 5 weeks old, how can I treat it?
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Mmk they have fallen asleep, their crops have a bit of fluid but I can still feel the corn. They are a bit lethargic - not eating or drinking a lot- but I got some grit and they happily took some. Hoping I’m just paranoid.
If it doesn’t look lethargic or anything, just open its beak and see if it smells sour. If not, it should shrink after a while and the chick will be fine.
My family when I was away on a day trip decided to feed the four chickens some cooked corn without adding any chicken grit. They apparently ate all of the corn (about 50g).
All of their crops now feel quite full and I can definitely feel the outline of the corn. It has been about 7 hours since...