I'm unsure of the roosters origin? And the female was Easter egger or Rhode island red or Plymouth rock? It had the dark leg skin like the other skin so I thought maybe it is not for meat chicken?
So this was a 5 mo old rooster with a purple comb. I thought he was beautiful. Then he seemed to have impacted crop. After 48 hours he was no better starved and massaged. Decided to take him out of the flock and butcher him for info. He was almost meatless and huge looking? No fat. But the black...
I have this situation except no goose. Just all the adult chickens around in the same coop.I don't know when to take the babies out because of staggered hatching of a dozen eggs!?
I weeded with delight the ENTIRE garden because of this new amazing tool! 🥰 The best. And found baby twin bunny's that I'm sure are the culprits of eating my young spinach daily. So cute. I kept the one that would let me and it was so chill I put it in my brooder with a lonely 1 day old chick...
Thank you, I've been looking for mites too, haven't seen any? Is it normal to pick and preen on the roost? I will go in after dark and first one with then several hens start preening n such?
Great info and pics thanks. I do have a rooster , he is so fast I don't see time for a single peck lol. But he does poke at a hen he doesn't want to roost by him. 11 hens and 1 rooster. All hens are 1 yr old. He is 2 or 3yrs. The pecking order changes nightly? Not sure if that's normal? All...
I have a Plymouth rock hen with a strange rectangular shape baldness at the neck. You don't even see it unless head is fully raised. It's been a week and I see her scratch it. It's not filling back in, and looks almost red today. Pics aren't great but gives an idea. Could it be a medical problem...