I have ten hens, just turned one year old. Most of them have feather loss on their back saddle area, and below the tail. No roosters. Although I have witnessed one of the leghorn hens mounting others, infrequently.
Because of this, I had a fecal run which came back as positive for giardia. Two...
We got our first egg yesterday! Will it spur the others to start laying soon? We have ten layers, two each of the following: barred rocks, cuckoo marans, golden laced wyandottes, leghorns, easter eggers.
Eight week old easter egger, lowest on the pecking order, no red in the comb, and looks single pea comb so far. Have never seen this particular coloring, with black on the head, white and black on the neck and reddish brown on the body. Coloring looks like rooster, but nothing else points to...
Eight week old Easter Egger, pullet or cockerel? I know the coloring suggests rooster, but she/he has no red, nor triple pea comb. She/he is at the bottom of the pecking order. Feathers are rounded, not pointed. I have looked at hundreds of photos looking for anything that looks similar, and I...