This is Beauty. Father is a RIR pic #4 and Mom is a Cuckoo Maran pic #3 She is so black her feathers look blue in the sunlight. She has black legs and beak and lays dark brown eggs.
i had a similar incident. My rooster is 3 yrs old and I raised him from a chick. He has NEVER attacked anyone and we have a lot of visitors to our little farm. The other day some hens were in the barn with the sheep. One of the hens started squawking real loud like a sheep stepped on her or...
This happened to me. I helped the chick out. Get some tweezers and carefully pull off pieces of shell. At the sam to,e wet a q tip and keep the membrane moist. I think what happened is the membrane was shrink wrapped around the chick. Mine lived and was just fine there is a YouTube video on how...
Get some plastic shelf liner and put that down. Not the smooth stuff but the bumpy kind that has little holes in it. Then only serve them shock feed and water.
This is my 1 1/2 year old EE. Yesterday afternoon I noticed she was lethargic and just sitting with her eyes closed and back hunched up. I noticed she had a dirty bottom so I gave her a warm bath and cleaned her off. Took time to examine her abdomen and crop and did not feel anything hard in...
do these poops look normal. My chickens are free range in grass and wooded areas. They get fruit, mealworms and sunflower seed as treats. I feed them new country organic feed. I also give ACV and probiotics from time to time. Their poops are normally firm but these are splattering all over the...
Wyorp Rock, thank you so much for your reply. I'm happy to report that there was no strange looking poop on the board this morning. I fed Jolene some bread soaked in egg yolk and she ate it rather enthusiastically. Her crop was not full this morning and I felt her abdomen and compared it one of...
6 days ago my hen (Jolene, EE, 1 yr old) escaped her enclosure and my large dog grabbed her. He was holding her but I was able to easily open his mouth to free her. I found no blood or punctures - she lost one small feather. Put her back in with the flock as she was walking around and seemed as...