My hen had just had chicks about 3 days ago. Not very sure what breed my hen is (she looks like a Plymouth Rock) but I do know what breed the roo is. My rooster is a buff Orpington. When I first saw the chicks they seemed all normal yellow(it was dark and night so I probably couldn't see the...
I think that Heart failure only occurs when the chicken is growing so fast and getting so large the heart can't handle it, but my roo is tiny and, well only a little fat. Today he was able to fly up on my porch, which is like 10 feet in the air! He is still very active as normal
About 2 days ago I went to check my chickens, and I noticed on my bantam roo that his face had the slightest blue tint, it was hardly noticeable, I just thought he got scared or something and his face will go back to normal, I came to check on him again today, and his face is purple! Not...
About an hour ago, I could hear like a scream from one of my bantams, it sounded like my hen, but the more I thought about it, it actually sounded like the bantam roo
I go outside to investigate, but the chickens are 100% undisturbed, no reaction, all were on their roost
I later check the...
Is forgot to say that his "sister" (Or chick that I bought him with) had grown some yellowish feathers at the top of her head and neck (sorry for the ruffled feathers and missing eye,she got a really strange infection as a chick and has cured but her feathers haven't)
I got one of my chickens in September from a flea market, it was just a chick and I asked what breed it was, unfortunately the "breeder" (Or just the guy selling them) didn't know what it was, do any of you have any ideas?
(His name is Shadow by the way)
Hello, so recently my sebright bantam hen had a very, very red face(she usually has a grayish face and every once in a while have red around her eyes), she also seemed slightly bigger than usual. She was just standig in place doing nothing and she starts "yawning" And "gasping", she was also...