Hi all, i’m looking for some help. I’ve got a 5 month old easter egger pullet that is gasping for air, and making gurgling nosies, i’m assuming it’s a respiratory infection? My question is what can I do or give her to help? I have her inside and separated away from everyone else with...
I have a almost 3 week old cream legbar chick that is having a lot of problems with his legs. He had got stuck in the shell for over 24 hours so I did help him out , however since he was born I noticed that he had something wrong with his legs. I thought it was splayed leg at first so I have...
Hi all, looking for some help determining the gender of my cream legbar chicks, they are a couple days old now and i’m still having some trouble determining the difference between the males and females, so any help would really be appreciated! Chick #1 topchick #1 sidechick #2chick #2 sidechick...
I'm not sure if this is the correct forum to post in but here goes anyhow, I'm looking for some advice. This past winter I have lost 3 hens and I'm not sure what is exactly going on, the hens are showing no symptoms whatsoever except for being all fluffed up and not eating or drinking on the...
Hi everyone. I have a leghorn white hen that is about 1.5 years old.She lays everyday and never fails. However some days she will lay an egg with a slight hole in it, it’s in the exact same spot every time. Now somedays she lays an egg with extra build up of shell in that same spot as well, and...
Hi all, I recently bought 8 new laying hens that are all 19 weeks old now (they have been quarantined for 30 days) and I have been trying to add them to my existing flock. My old hens will peck at them and chase them around which I know is normal so they can establish their pecking order...
Hi there! Im a newbie here but I have been raising chickens for over a year now. The past month I have noticed that some of my girls are loosing feathers, however they appear to be broken off half way up the shaft. I thought it might have been mites or lice so I did a deep cleaning of their coop...