Is she eating and drinking?? I would add some electrolytes to her drinking water. I have found chopping up fresh garlic and either putting it directing on their food or in their water as well, seems to give them a good immune boost as well. Apple cider vinegar is one of my best friends as...
Never opened, never read, no creases, no marks, new "The Chicken Encyclopedia" an illustrated reference. Gail Damerow, same author as Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens. Contains a lot of information from years of experience and research. Great illustrations in this sturdy, 320 page, sturdy...
This is a pullet 4.5 months old. Looks like a black sex link to me, except maybe more tannish color than red neck feathers?? IMO.... I think they tacked an attractive name on a barnyard mix bird. I am enjoying them none the less and look fwd to eggs from them.
Asian blue top pic, black sex...
I am really looking fwd to when these are full feathered. I want to see how the diff colors as chicks change as they grow. And there's an Asian blue in the pics too
I agree with all of what CHICKENCANOE said and I would also like to mention Owls are incredibly wasteful when it comes to the death of our flock friends. I lost some of my girls to owls. Literally had strewn pieces of meat around the headless carcass of Henny Penny. At that time my chicken...
Ok.... I have NO ANGEL WING after all!!!! I am so happy. All of my birds are so healthy and happy. I am going to say it was total lack of experience, but all of the questionable wings on 80% of my flock, turns out they were simply growing-in feathers. I am so relieved.
I purchased 2. OE(olive eggers) day old chicks 6 wks ago? Lost one a wk in. Then the other one was not growing @ all, kind of like a failure to thrive syndrome. It made it thru. While all my other chicks are growing like weeds,this one was not, then I noticed the wings were curling up on...