My girl had poop in feathers so I bathed,cleaned her, and trimmed her feathers near her vent and put her back in the coop. Two days later she had blood from her feather like she was pecked. Two days later (today) her butt is bloody and turning blue she lost tons of feathers all in two days...
So we built a huge run for our chickens with plenty of perching opportunities, swings (they could care less about them) on sand.. anyways I made the mistake of letting them out one evening with me in the yard. Once they tasted grass they beg to come out every evening. So I let them for a few...
I have a 17 week old Australorp who laid her first egg 2 days ago. Today she is pacing, going from nest box to nest box, scratching, panting. She’s been doing this for hours. I went in her vent about an inch with my finger and I felt no egg, so I’m thinking not egg bound?? She’s uncomfortable...
Hi everyone, trying to figure out what this little one is. Purchased as a sexed pullet but development on feather was far slower than the others. Colors have me suspicious too. Anyone have any knowledge on this breed please advise. She (🤞🏼) is 5 1/2 weeks and has some iridescent in tail although...
We set up our new coop and the chickens love it! We are still in the process of building our run so update pictures to come at a later date... since CA is getting some lovely rain right now our project is halted.
Review of this coop. Took over a month to get this due to demand but worth the...
New to chickens, and loving every minute of my newfound feathered friends... why didn’t I do this sooner?! Glad to be a part of this chicken community.
Hi 👋, I have three 2 week old Easter Egger chicks (sexed pullets). One is quiet smaller than the other two and slow feathering. She has not yet gotten any other feathers or any coming in except on the wings and a little for the tail. My other two are feathering in on their chests and backs...