It might be your screen. The egg is the same color my speckled sussex lays (but def not hers as they are still in the "see not touch" stage of the hen-tegration to the flock).
So I recently got this little 5 month old hen. The guy that sold her to me said she came from a farm store as a chick that she was a cream legbar (and I think that store uses the Meyer hatchery). She started laying this week but the eggs are a light brown not a blue. So now I'm wondering what...
This is Amelia, my favorite chicken who I just lost today to cancer 😢. She was so sweet, curious and adventurous. She was at the bottom of the pecking order but didn’t seem to care, perfectly content to venture off on her own and into the neighbors flower beds. She just *had* to be in my feet...
Also, I can't tell from the article, but is this something that can happen even if they have laid before? Btw this is the same chicken you gave me advice about before when she had frostbite. Thank you so much for all your help!
I have a 2 year old speckled sussex that has not started laying again this year. I don't keep a light in the coop so she and her flock mates had a rest over winter. The others started laying again back in January/March.
She had frost bite on her comb in February and is still growing back the...
Thank you so much for your reply!! Those all sound pretty serious. What can I look for to narrow down the cause of the yellow urates? Her demeanor and apatite seem ok. I'd love to figure this out before she starts to decline. Any chance it was the Poultry Cell vitamins? She hasn't started to lay...
I have a chicken with frostbite on her comb and a yellow tinge to the urate part of her poo. Her appetite was down but has since returned to normal.
On Saturday morning, the temperatures dropped to -5 F in our area with humidity 80-90%. I rarely close the coop door, but with the cold temps, I...
Thank you @cmom for the information! I appreciate you taking the time to write that - no doubt it will be a great resource for others.
I was hoping someone could answer my specific questions from the post though?
I found poultry lice on one of my chickens. They only appear to be near her vent feathers but there are clumps of eggs. Reading the advice here, it seems I should treat the whole flock (I only have 3) and coop with Permethrin to be safe. I have three questions (so far):
1. How does this stuff...