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I got Sonja a week ago with two other chicks and she seemed fine, but she seems to have problems with one or both legs.. but I really think it is the right leg. They are in a cage with a wooden floor and shavings. It isn't spraddled; it seems she can't stand still too long, or she sits down...

Thank you for your replies. Those of my remaining flock that HAVE been vacinnated, are they ok, or are they carriers too?

I have lost three of my chickens in the past two months....they are all just turning 5 months. I sent my last one, Snowball, my Rhode Island White to the UCDavis Lab for a necrospy, and the results came back: Marek's Disease. I have one that is ill now..I will cull her..and have 11 left, all...

Oh, I am sorry...I just lost Snowball, my Rhode Island Red!! I have sent her off to UC Davis for a necropsy. This is my second loss in a week...it is heartbreaking!!

I posted a week ago...when my Sicilian Buttercup pullet was sick. She died, and Saturday my Rhode Island White, Snowball, 4 months old came down with something similliar...respitory for sure. On Tuesday she died. I called UCDavis and overnighted her to them this morning for them to do a...

We have Scrub Jays in Northern California...and this summer they started eating my chicken eggs!! I thought it was one of my hens, and started isolating them...to find out WHO,with no success, but then I noticed Jays flying in the coop...sure enough it WAS JAYS! Here I was blaming my ladies...

Thank you all! I love my chickens and it is hard when you lose one!! But, I have learned from this experience, and hopefully will be better a better chicken mama!!

Thank you for your help. My beloved SophieBC died this morning. Should I take her to the Vet for an autopsy? Can you vacinate older....5 months chickens for Mareks?

Thank you for your kinds words and ESPECIALLY your prayers. I too have read that Mareks can be survived but the chick will be a carrier? Does that mean that any new chicks that come in will be infected? Do I keep her, if she survives, separated from all others? Oh gosh..I am sorry for your...

I have been reading a lot about Mareks and I am still confused. I had a young pullet...about 3 months old that I am pretty sure had Mareks. I separated her from the rest of the flock...13 others about the same age. All was well, until a few days ago, my almost 5 month old Buttercup pullet...

Hi Tom, I am familiar with your area...it is beautiful there too!

Drat! I was hoping at least one of them was a female, they seem so different. Thank you for your replies.. I am learning, and I am grateful for Backyards!! Kathy

Sorry, forgot to attach the picture!

Here's another picture..maybe this will help. I think the one on the right has more pointy saddle feathers> But is less developed..feather wise?

I don't have an answer...but he/she is SO CUTE!!!

I have two Leghorns crosses...Leghorn mom, Buttercup Dad. The one (on left) with the straight tail seems a little more aggressive, the feathers are more developed, and it's bigger. Is this a female? Thank you

I just posted about my EE. I was told it was an orpington... but he has since grown muffs...has a pea comb(?) I didn't know there were white EEs Here is a picture of him when he was small.

I am ok with another Roo, but I guess it is the same problem a lot of us have.. this is my 4th roo. I have Buttercup Rooster, and three cockerels..Eddy, a Japanese Batam..I think. He was in the same group as the white EE...he is very short, black tail straight up...cute little guy...tries to...

Well, I am beside myself with excitement....I actually got the picture in the post!!! This place is so awesome!! I thought it was a White Americaunana crossed with? I noticed that he is not pure white...kind of has a slight yellow tinge at tips of his feathers.

I am a newbie, but I don't think so..He has a pea comb, muffs, green legs?