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Silkies are about 3 months old, no crowing yet. Looking at the buff & white silkies. White one was really difficult to get photos of. Hens or roo?

Bought this “sexed” Easter Egger but she started crowing. Is she actually a he or is she just crowing because she’s confused and there isn’t rooster?

Hey all, not sure what’s wrong with my little silkie. I noticed her struggling & straining to poop with very little to none coming out. She is running and eating but the straining concerned me. I brought her in and gave her an epsom soak bath, cleaned poop away & trimmed around her vent. Got...

Hey all, My emu is close to 1 week old. I noticed that she doesn’t do as great of a job as my other one at keeping her legs under her and straight. It’s not an obvious splayed leg, she walks and runs fine but I’m worried about long term. I’ve splinted her legs together and they both have...

Hey my polish hen (1y/o). Has been limping for a while and we noticed her leg at the joint was swollen. We’ve been trying to keep her comfortable to heal but recently we noticed a growth/bump on the same leg but not by the joint. She doesn’t have this bump on her other leg. Any ideas what it is?

Wanted to share my experience with my colored egg layers since I’ve found varying stories online. I’ll be referencing the photo. The left most egg & 3rd from left are from the same bird, a BCM. The 2nd & 4th from left are another bird, also a BCM. Both of their first eggs were the lightest and...

One of my Polish hens started walking funny the other day and I noticed the pad of her foot was bigger than the other. Since then she has a bad limp, there’s a bump on the bottom of her foot that’s pinkish and now her leg is starting to swell and it’s all warm. I thought it might be bumblefoot...

My hen just developed some blackening on her comb, little spotty by isolated to the ends. It isn’t dirt that I can rub or wash off and it’s definitely not frostbite, I’m in WA where we just had days of record high heat. Any ideas? Thanks!

Hey everyone, My pullet (she hasn’t laid yet but she’s overdue) has spent the majority of the last 2 days in the coop/around nesting boxes. When she’s out she’s a lot slower, she used to run everywhere. She’s eating & drinking but not from her normal feeders only from foraging. I saw her...

Hey everyone, Just today I noticed one of my hens started walking strangely and she’s stumbling a little bit and unsteady. She’s eating and drinking normal, she was a little slow to leave the coop this morning but otherwise she’s acting normal I’ve separated her from the rest of the flock but...

My hen has laid her first eggs and I can’t decide what color they are. I want to be able to call them pink but I’m not sure if they’re just a beige/tan. My hen is a hybrid, part Maran and part who knows what (maybe blue Autralorp). Here’s her eggs on a neutral background with flash for...

Finally! I got my first egg with my new flock, but it wasn’t what I expected. I thought my French black copper maran would be the first to lay. But this egg looks like a Silkie egg. I do have a bunch of silkies but most are too young. I do have a full grown silkie that I rescued from the co-op...

My silkie is nearly 12 weeks old and for about a week now she’s been sneezing. Today I noticed some yellowish stuff clogging her nostrils. I used a damp q-tip & my finger nail to gently clear her nose. She doesn’t have any other symptoms (no runny/foamy eyes, not lethargic, no head tilt, no...

The Cochin is nearly 11 weeks old, I thought she was sexed and her comb/wattles are more pink than red. But she’s been trying to mount another pullet (just the one) and she’s taken on a bit of a roo’s posture. I’ve heard of hens taking on rooster behavior when there isn’t a rooster present but I...

I just got this beautiful chicken but I’m not sure of the breed. She’s black with a speckled blue sheen, she does appear to have 5 toes in one photo (I haven’t counted in person yet but will tomorrow morning). I suspect she’d black australorp and silkie or maybe easter egger and black copper...