No unfortunately not. She only moves when I pick her up to clean her up. But now it’s been nearly 2 weeks I am thinking something gis wrong with her feet because they look like they have chicken arthritis...
We added 2 chicks 14 weeks ago but they are separate from the older ones. Her poop is green, runny. I suspect she hasn’t laid in 4-5 days. I sat her on her belly and felt both sides, legs, they feel the same, but she leans to the left the second I try to put her on her feet, but both her wings...
We don’t have roosters and no picking by the other 4. She doesn’t like roosting. They have an area on the side of the house they roam around during the day, I suspect if she got into a dead animals others would have too.
Yes, she is in the Florida room, using the tray from a cage since she...
We came home after vacation to find our 5 year old silver laced Wyandotte not able to walk. We had noticed she was limping for a few days several weeks ago, after a few days she was back to normal. My father who was taking care of our chickens separated her when he found her unable to move a...
So far only one. I also noticed one of them started to lay these extra long eggs with a slightly larger tip, hard to describe, need to post a pic. It was one if those that I cracked that had the blue color.
Anyone ever cracked an egg (brown egg from either an australorp or silver laced or buff Orpington) and noticed a blue tone on the egg white? Is that a one time thing or is there something wrong with the chickens? Thanks!
As a newby to this backyard chicken fun, if we are only getting 4 chicks, is it better to have all 4 in the same breed? Or may be it doesn't matter? And what happens if you have 2 of the same breed and 2 others? Do they team up against the others or do the just live happily all together?