Search results for query: *

I went out to see the chickens this morning and it noticed this hen with the puffy eye. What should I do to make it better and what is this disease/infection? The other eye is normal, and I'm hoping to try to heal her without the use of a vet.

My 7 month buff orpington hen has a large breast, huge.. It is very squishy and now she is walking very slowly, standing on one foot for a few seconds as she takes each step. When I pick her up, the breast sags over my hands. She seems normal, but just is in slow motion. Is this normal in buff...

I want my broody bantam welsummer to hatch some eggs, however I prefer her to hatch other welsummer eggs. As I have 8 other hens it is hard to keep track. Also, it is hard to only separate the bantam eggs by their small size because I also have other non-welsummer bantam chickens that also lay...

I just went out to the coop, and I noticed that the hen inside of the nesting box has a pale comb! She seems to be panting through her beak. This one was waiting to lay because I shut it out of the coop area, but if it really needed to lay an egg it would have just layed it right? Also, it ate...

When my rooster mates with the hens it seems that he always has to grab them behind the back of their head with his beak. Well, now most of the feathers are missing from the girls head. Is this normal since he is a bantam? I do not remember how my standard rooster used to mate with the hens...

A month or so ago I posted a picture of one of my two roosters that had been beaten up by the other rooster. Luckily, he recovered and is now even crowing and doing other roosterly dooties. However, there are times when both of my roosters crow- sometimes at the same time! It is like they don't...

Hi, I was wondering if you have a rooster with your free ranged flock. I had a rooster, but I got rid of him (wished I haden't.), so now I keep my chickens confined in a coop. I am raising a bantam rooster to be the new protector, but I was just wondering if you have a rooster as part of your...

Hi, I have a bantam rooster that is about 16 weeks old. I was wondering how his 'protection' of the flock compares to that of a standard. He is a welsummer bantam if that makes any difference. What is your experience with a bantam rooster defending the ladies?

Enjoying the cold. All 11 (there's one hiding). An egg was split when I went to collect it. Woo hoo, its cold! I lifted up their feathers and I could see the heat leave their body. May need to expand the roost...

I have 5 hens that are 15 weeks old, and 2 roosters..... 1) When can I feed the 15 week olds layer pellets? 2) Can the roosters eat layer pellets also? 3) My hens dont really like oyster shells, is that a problem? How many should they be eating a day? 4) Do bantam hens lay at about the same...

I have 2 bantam roosters that are 12 weeks old. I tagged them about two weeks ago to keep track of the one that will be dominant— today I found out for sure... When I went in to change their water, I noticed that one barely had hair on his head and his head itself was looking green. I already...

Hi, I am currently trying to introduce my flock of 7 chicks, 12 weeks old to my 4 barred rock hens. 3 of the hens seem fine with the chicks, mainly because I have had the two groups separated by chicken wire for the past 2 months. Today I let the two groups out together. When I shut the Adults...

Not sure if anyone else had trouble with this, but I did. I know there is another way of selecting the threads manually, but I feel this is easier. Here is how to do it. 1) Under the title (where it says #of unread posts, subscribe, search this thread, preferences) click on the subscribe...

Hi, I have 7 chicks that are about 8 weeks old. I want to introduce them with my 4 standard hens once the chicks are big however, 4 of the 7 chicks are bantams, (2 roosters, 2 hens). Will the bantam hens have a tough time being integrated because they are small? Right now, one of the adults are...

I'm thinking of buying fertile eggs that I'm going to give to my future Buff Orpingtons. If I had Dominiques, Easter Eggers, and Silkies all raised by my hens, would they get along with each other, and my pre-exixting Welsummer, Buff Orpington and Barred Rock? Also, would RIR's get along with my...

I was considering if I could put the chicks outside today in a little pen, but I was wondering how cold they cold they could go. I wanted to put them by the adults to get acquainted with each other, but I was concerned with the low temperature.They have feathers pretty much everywhere except for...

I noticed that recently their claws have been growing longer, and I am wondering if they need to be trimed. It is a wellsummer bantam if that makes any difference. If it does need to be trimmed, where is a good thread so I can find out how to do it? Thanks

I have 7 chicks that are 3 weeks old. The 4 bantams are fully feathered except for the head, neck and breast. The 3 BO's are almost fully feathered on the back, but neck and breast still have fuz. If I keep them inside where it is 70 f, do I still need to keep my heat lamp on? They seem to have...

I was wondering if I cut up apple peels and apples into small pieces, could I give it to my baby chicks.

I noticed that one of my 5 day old chicks has a lump of really crusted hard poop on his/her butt. I am not sure if it is pasty butt however, because I was running my finger around the hard crusted poo, and I saw a little hole that I'm assumingl is his butt hole. Is it posible to have cursted...