They werent supposed to be roosters. They're nice and i want to keep them but my hens are taking a beating because i have too many roosters. I'm in winder, ga.
Well, my chickens seem to have a bad case of poultry lice and possibly mites as it looked like there were 2 different bugs when I looked at a feather with my pocket microscope (super handy!!). They all seemed to mostly be at the shaft of the feather in between the barbs. They (23 chickens and 5...
Supposed to be pullets of course but ended up with 2 roosters. One was labeled as a "rustic rambler" and said it was a mix between a barred rock and black copper Maran but honestly I am not sure. The other one was in the same bin but obviously very different. They both look super cool and I...
I have a white laced polish and a white crested blue polish rooster. I just now have too many roosters and these were accidental. Free to a good home. They're great roosters, I just have too many. I live in winder, ga.
I have 4 indian runner ducks, 1 male and 3 females. When i originally got them, a friend and i agreed that i would raise them until we figure out the males and females and we would split them from there. I know ducks get attached to each other, but i never realized how much until actually having...
One of my americaunas has a very large crop area. She is about 3 months old. It has been large for a few days but I haven't seen any improvement. Is it too large to try to treat???
One of my buff orpington chickens died yesterday. I thought she seemed a little funny the other night as she was in the nest box and when I tried to move her out she stumbled a bit. I thought it may have just been her being tired as it was kind of late. Last night I didn't find her in the coop...
I'm starting to question whether or not one of my rhode island reds is a rooster. It's louder than the others, and makes somewhat of a honking sound. It is also less 'plump' than the other RIR, and has smaller looking feathers. Any ideas?
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