Update on my poor hen. I gave her a warm bath and felt of the mass. It is soft and squishy and her vent looks clean,. I massaged the mass area and her vent started working in and out so I put her back in the warm water and she expelled some poop. I did not feel an egg or anything hard. Here is a...
There's not a smell that I noticed. I didn't feel it but it looks firm. I was afraid to hurt her. It looks raw and irritated. She acts perfectly fine, eats and everything and looks at me like what's your problem when I inspect her. Her vent is well above where this bulge is and looks fine. I put...
Please help! My daughter noticed a bulge on the back end of my Australorp hen and I thought she was egg bound but upon further investigation I don't know what's wrong with her. I am posting some pictures below. Please help!
All my current chicks are from the bantams I got from artsyrobin last year. I ordered 10 australorp pullets from the local feed store and have 5 muscovy duck eggs in the new incubator with 13 of our guinea eggs. In the old incubator I have 39 guinea eggs that my Mom gave me so we may be swimming...
Here are some pics of our new babies. Checked the calender and the oldest chick is 2 weeks and the youngest chick is a week old and the others fall somewhere in between.
The girls and I bought green and concord grapes, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries to plant. Still need to buy some strawberries and fruit trees. Then we'll have a good start on growing our own fruit.
Thanks for all the opinions on what gender our older chicks are. We have six new fuzzy buts in a make shift brooder in the house that are about a week and a half old now. They are keeping the girls entertained since they can't play outside in the swamp that was formerly known as the yard. Was...
These are the pics of the chicks I was hoping you could help me determine if they were pullets or roosters. I took two pics of each chick a body and then a head shot.
Chick 1
Chick 2
Chick 3
Chick 4
Chick 5
Evenin' peeps! How's everyone doing? We're still perking along here in NE OK. Our first 5 bantam cross chicks are 9 weeks old now and growing like weeds. I can't tell for sure if they're pullets or cockerels. Will take pics tomorrow and post for your opinions. Had a new baby hatch a few days ago...
Evenin' peeps, how are ya? I haven't been on in quite a while...got caught up with the insanity of life....anyway, I decided to log in tonight and see what's happenin'. Boy was I surprised when I saw the new layout! So how is everyone? I got a new grandaughter on Monday and she is the cutest...
Evening all...haven't checked in a few weeks and man am I behind on reading posts! Getting to sleepy to read them all tonight. Hope everyone is doing well. Been really hectic around here lately and that's why I haven't been able to check in, but hopefully things will start settling down again. I...