So today, spending some quality time with the chickens. One purring nicely in the corner, I notice another not her normal, feisty self. A lot of just standing there. Not doing anything. Neck tucked in, and kinda pushing her backside out. Very unusual and never seen before. Threw some corn, the...
Appreciate the quick response, it might not be clear from the image but its very deep. I appreciate not much muscle but the skin is completely gone and underlying structures visible (ie looks like tissues intact around the spine)
Tried adding our younger buff Orpington to the 2 hybrids, pecking ensued and I separated the buff out again.
Checking her today after a couple of days she has a severe wound to the back of the head. She's clucking about fine, it doesn't smell or look too gross around the edges, but oh my, its a...
Hi there, I have two hybrids in an eglu and moved house about 4 months ago. Since then they give quite a constant rate of distressed calls / squawks, even when the're out their run.
At first I thought they just wanted out the run for a bit, but they keep on going. The main change in the move...
So following introduction thread I thought I'd throw one up about my attempt at hatching. 6 eggs bought from eBay in a brinsea mini eco, 3 fertilised. Of those, one became a stankegg and was thrown. Last two in lockdown, woke up today and was chirping and peeping and now I have a lovely little...
Hey there, first post from Bristol, UK. Two hybrids currently in an omlet go, 2 buff Orpington eggs in lockdown: rocking and rolling and ready to go.
Joined because chicks are a no thing and the hybrids have taken a recent move quite badly, seem to give this sad lament till I let them out the...