do the chickens have pale legs and waddles? if so they are just going thro a process that makes them stop laying eggs and during it their egg quality goes down
if you raise them together when they are different sizes they seem to get along well. we had 2 large birds with 8 batams and they got along fine. it just depends on the bird
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The fowl pox virus infects birds, including chickens. It spreads through infected birds, contaminated equipment and biting insects, such as mosquitoes. Called fowl pox for good reason, it causes white, then yellow, and then finally brown spots on the bird's comb, wattles, legs...
The combs and wattles — lobes of skin that hang from a chicken's head — of a male silkie generally will be larger than the females at a fairly early age. The difference can show up as early as 8 to 12 weeks. However, not all males have a large comb or wattle and they may be mislabeled as a...
Our chickens are dying and we can't figure out the cause. Most of them will act sick, with the back tail raised and they will just sit and not eat or drink then die a day or two later. I have de-worming medicine in mixed in their food, we sprayed the coop down with bug spray, we do not see any...