This is my first time dealing with bumblefoot on my Easter Egger's feet, so I'm not sure if it's healing ok. There hasn't been the dark scab for this and the last 3 days checked. However, the feet pads are still pink.
One of our neighbors is complaining about loud roosters crowing. We live in a country area where plenty of other people have roosters. Our immediate neighbor has three roosters, while we have one silkie rooster.
The complaining neighbor says that the roosters wake them up at night and are...
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.
Silkie x D'uccle mix. 1 out of 7 hatched last month. The 6 others are walking ok.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
Chick wobbles while standing and walking. Often lays down. Look like...
My Welbar hatched and is now raising 7 (out of 7) blue silkie roo x Mille Fleur D'uccle cross chicks. They all have dark skin, walnut combs, five toes, and vulture hocks. However, there are four different colorings: 2 pure black, 2 black with gold chest, 2 grey with gold chests, and 1 pure...
My broody hen makes the tuk tuk tuk sound when she sees pine shavings, so the chicks think pine shavings are treats. Currently, I have them in a dog kennel inside the coop with straw lining, but the coop itself is lined with pine shavings. Eventually, they would have to go live in the coop...
My standard Welbar (or Welsummer) hen just hatched 7/7 bantam eggs made by my mille fleur D'uccle hen x blue silkie roo. She has been a great mom so far, except for occasionally accidentally stepping on the chicks. I was worried about the 1 week staggered hatch since it was her first time...
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I have a 6-7 month old Belgian d'Uccle and am wondering if her feet have scaly leg mites or if it's just foot feathers slightly raising the scales. It's my first time owning chickens, so I don't have an eye for these things. Also, her feet feather keep breaking at the top third part...
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Is this a chicken mite? This is my first time owning chickens, and a few days after some rain, these appeared on my chickens and sometimes on me after I'm in the kennel outside...
Hello. This is my first time with raising baby chicks. (the time when I was really little doesn't count)
We have 4 baby chicks, one 3 week old and three 2 week olds. One of our 2 week old chicks suddenly started limping on her left leg yesterday and is now also breathing faster than the other...