just an update, my chicken is doing fine, besides the grotesque head-growth. she's running around and eating/drinking and even laying (not really often though)
she's had it for probably a couple months. i'll give the picture a shot, last time i posted it some could see it some could not.
this is my most recent pic, but the lump has gotten bigger since then.
ok, one of my chickens has a lump above her eye that looks like a marble under her skin. it's firm, has feathers on it, and it's not hot. the skin over the lump is fine (no lesions or dry spots). she's not as vivacious as the rest of the chickens, but she's eating and drinking and isn't...
ok, any insight? it's been there for maybe 2 weeks and started small then gets gradually bigger. she's acting fine and it doesn't seem to pain her, but it sure doesn't look good. sorry it's not a very big picture
does anyone know of any books on chicken genetics? i'd like to get into breeding at some point, but that point is kinda far off at the moment anyway, i want to learn all about chx genetics but i need all the info in one place (a book) in order for my brain to process it successfully.
any...
I have a couple of them!!!
NN x WCBP hens, I think they are pretty!!!
and they look just like you can imagine.
do you have any pics?? i'd like to see them
my chickens are part-time free-rangers, and occasionally a hen will find a nice nesting spot in the woods (which we usually find, if a raccoon or something doesn't find it first)
i just recently i found a nest with four eggs in it, and i'm sure they were all from the same hen. that makes the...
i was thinking that the squawking chicken seemed upset or something, but hens make big fusses about so little (it seems) that i don't know if i could tell whether or not a chicken is distressed
yes they're laying, and they do indeed cackle about their eggs, or their nest, or somebody else's egg, especially someone else hogging the nest they prefer... it's just been a while since my major squawker laid an egg this morning (at least i'm pretty sure she did, she was cackling with the...
my chickens have been driving me crazy today. i have one hen in particular who has been squawking her head off,which sets off the rooster, squawking his head off, then the other hens will squawk too....it's like i have a flock of geese instead. they don't do it all the time, and i go to check...
i dont' currently have a pic to upload, but i can get one easily enough. just wondering what breeds fit the description--a lot of the black chicken breeds i've looked at don't have white earlobes.
i have 2 little girls from meyer's "all-pullet rainbow pack" that are black, with white earlobes, straight comb, and black legs. they seem on the small side, (same size as campines, smaller than wyandottes)
what could they be?