My 1 year old Polish girl has been pulling out her own feathers this week. We had a new chicken run built in our backyard to better protect our flock. In order to do this, we had two carpenters making a lot of noise in their area for 5 days (not all day long, but about 1/2 day each day). Out...
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This little Polish is 10 weeks old. At first I thought it was a male because the tale feathers seemed pointy a few weeks ago. Now they seem rounder. What does the community think? Thank you!
I have a D'Uccle hen who has gradually gone blind at about 7 weeks of age. First, one eye became cloudy over the pupil and she seemed to not be able to see out of it. Then, the same thing happened to her other eye. Both eyes are now cloudy and she doesn't seem to be able to see things around...
Toodles, our 5 week old Polish chicken: I am guessing male but I have very little experience. I know Polish can be hard to determine until 8 weeks perhaps, but I thought I would ask.
I placed 6 eggs under my broodie silkie hen 21 days ago. Yesterday morning, we awoke to 4 beautiful and healthy-looking baby chicks. The 2 remaining eggs have not hatched and I don't see and progress yet. I am wondering if I should wait to give the chicks the mereks vaccine for a few more...