This baby started pipping just this AM and sadly by mid afternoon the mom hen decided to step all over the egg cracking the shell. I got to her before she killed the chick but it appears some damage was done? I am not sure what is hanging out if it’s bum. Is it just the yolk sac or more? Any...
Thank you Barbara I live in central MA she molted a few months ago along with the other 3. I do think I may have been feeding them too much meal worms? Her poop is very smelly and odd. I just took some more pics I will post. One of the hens did lay a shellless egg yesterday but that happens...
I think she laid an egg yesterday but the girls are so irregular this time of the year it’s hard to tell whom is doing what. I moved her into the house today so I will be able to tell now that she is separated. I haven’t noticed any particular oddness about the vent.
Hello I have a 3 yo Rhode Island Red whom has been ill for over a week now. She has yellowish diarrhea, stands a bit hunchedback and is extremely lethargic. She had been very thirsty but not eating and today she is not even drinking and didn’t bother to leave the coop to roam the yard. Her...
I cannot seem to figure how to start a new thread with my iPhone so my apologies for the odd reply. I am looking for some Ameracaina eggs in the central MA area. I live in the Sturbridge area. I ideally would like 2 hens so with the rooster and hatch fail rate I am thinking 6 eggs or so...
Thank you for ID on the black speckled ones. The others are a reddish blonde with a red tip of their beak, new to posting here with phone so apologies in advance if I do so incorrectly
I bought these little guys from TCS and they seemed uncertain which kind they were due to labeling when they arrived. I think they are fairly common so it should be an easy one for the pros on the forum. 6 chicks total but 2 different breeds. [/IMG]