One of our 18 month old Welsummer hens has gotten lame. She stopped roosting a couple of weeks ago but I didn't think much of it because she's always been a little bit of an oddball, but I noticed in the last couple of days she hasn't been walking well. We have 16 chickens and the rest seem...
I bought five new chicks about a month ago (they were probably two weeks old when I got them), and one easter egger has been sneezing non-stop since we got her. She had rough, chirpy breathing for a couple of weeks initially - it seems to have stopped finally - but she's still sneezing pretty...
I'm new to chickens, and the wait is driving my crazy! I keep suspecting this one is a rooster mostly because of behavior, any guesses based on appearance? We bought the chicks about 7 weeks ago.
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