Hey, I know this isn't chicken-related but I wanted answers to my specific situation. So I am trying to bond my two rabbits, Elliot and Kazumi. Elliot is a neutered male who will be four years old in December, and Kazumi is a spayed Female who is about a year and a half years old. Elliot is a...
Today I saw scabs on my chicken's wattles and I don't know what they came from. She has had tiny little scabs on her comb before, but they were from pecking.
This morning I found a tiny dark brown egg in my chickens aviary. It was not in one of the brooder boxes, so I don't know if one of my chickens layed it or not. It is darker than either of my chicken's eggs, and is tiny. I didn't see it last night, when I put them away, but I saw it this morning...
Hello, recently I noticed that my hen has been having grayish diarrhea, and her vent and feathers are messy. Her feathers around her vent have been a little messy for a while, but the gray diarrhea is new. She is eating and drinking normally, and seems to be acting normal. She has diarrhea on...
Hello, I have a Barnevelder who is about a year. I haven't seen her lay an egg for a while now, and a few days ago I felt under her stomach for an egg and I think I felt one. I waited to see if she was just taking longer than normal to lay her egg, but she didn't lay one. And today she was in...
Hello, I have 2 hens and was going to order one Buff Orpington chick. But I don't know if you can raise one baby chick by itself. I don't really want more than 3 chickens, so I need help! If I can raise one chick, then I want to know how to introduce it to the hens, and I know I can't just put...
Hello everyone! I am brand new to Backyard Chickens and wanted to introduce myself. I have two chickens as pets, one is a Barred Rock and the other is a Barnevelder. I have had them for almost a year now. They like to follow me around and sometimes welcome themselves into the house. I have a lot...