black

Chicken was fine yesterday. Chicken now has a dark hard dry waddle. Chicken is acting fine eating drinking etc. No changes To the chickens behavior other than the lesion on the waddle

Hey all! I have a mix of breeds, all 18 weeks old (Australorps, barred rocks, buff orpingtons) my orpingtons have black on their tail feathers (photos below) Mites? Disease? I checked and didn’t see any mites or bugs on them and I use the deep litter system for their coop so I can’t put DE in...

It seems like dried blood, at first I tried to gently pull it off but it started bleeding a little so I let it be, I thought it would heal by itself. He is healthy and active otherwise. Now it's gotten worse, the black spots got bigger and today I noticed a hen pecking at his comb and he...

Those who free range their chickens have had problems or fears with regards raptors preying on the flock, whether they are hawks, eagles or owls. There are a number of deterrent ideas to utilize, one of which being to put crow decoys around which need to be consistently moved around and cannot...

ok so i have one VERY aggressive cochin/pekin bantam cockerel and we bought a black silkie pullet but turned out a male so i want to prevent him becoming wild and attacking he just started to learn how to mate and is still learning and he doesnt like to come near us or be held anything like that...

One of my black bantam ameraucanas laid a big ole double yolker, it was the size of a Grade A Large store bought egg (the white egg is store egg for comparison). It came from either either a 2.5 or 1 year old hen. Couldnt have been fun laying 😬😬😵

so i got this silkie ''pullet'' im getting weird feelings it might be a rooster because of the crown sorry i couldnt take good pictures ''shes'' very skittish and doesnt let me come near also i saw some green feathers on her wing shes around 9 weeks or 8 i know it might be a bit hard with sexing...

Please help my indoor chickens..... They have black spots growth or wound on their feet .... been placing betadine and also oregano extract on their feet... not only on their feet there seems to have white spot on their comb / wattle. Multiple chickens involved. 2 pullet 5 month old, 3 2month...

Hi! I’m hoping that someone will help me sex my 8 1/2 Week Ameraucana chicks. I am confident on the gender of the other chicks but cannot tell if these guys are cockerels or pullets? Chick #1 Chick #2 Chick #3 Chick #4 Chick # The combs of chicks 4 and 5 don’t get redder than...

Basically i have 3 cockerels, an Australorp, a mix of three breeds and a leghorn. The mixed breed one goes about doing his own thing the leghorn one is very shy never comes too much close to humans but the Australorp is so sweet. Whenever i come to open em he rams in the coop door trying to open...

This is my first time with BCM and I only have one so nothing to compare exactly. S/he is very shy but the legs and comb/wattle got me leaning towards male. When s/he hatched the comb and wattle were about the same size as now but they were yellow now s/he’s sporting a very fleshy pink color. I...

What breed is my chicken? Also what is its gender? I think its a hen but could use confirmation. Its name is Crow. Its black with blue/purple feathers on the lower part of its wings. Its about 4 months old.

I just found out I have 3 silkie cockerels. 1 black, 1 gray, and 1 buff. I have 2 confirmed pullets-1 white and 1 buff. Which color roo would you keep? I can't keep them all since I have other roos and my bantam flock isn't going to be that big... The black silkie is only 3 weeks old at this...

I'm a new chicken mama looking for help identifying the breed and sex of these chickens! They were in rough shape when we brought them home, missing feathers in some places. The lady we purchased them from told us they were Black Copper Marans, but I'm not too sure. We're also not 100% that...

One of my girls has a black streak in her beak. It’s not raised or textured, but it has grown in length. She is perfectly happy and it doesn’t seem to bother her at all. Should I be worried?

I do know I have 1 Brahma, 1 buff Orpington,2 Ameraucanas, a barred rock, and this last one is a mystery! she is laying dark brown eggs, has black feathers which are also on her feet, her feet are also black, and her back feathers in the light appear to have a holographic kind of look to them.

Hello , I keep cochin bantams as a hobby and occasionally make a few dollars to pay for chick n coop repairs ,food etc. I usually just breed color to color but I found myself in a BBS situation. Problem is I have a grizzled black rooster and I don’t know the optimal place for all of my birds...

Hi! I’m new to the chicken world and am slowly learning everything there is to know. I’m finding it difficult to know what breed, how old and what gender this little one is (it’s about ~11/12 weeks old, is my guess). It’s also almost positively a bantam. A farm had a late bloomer and the chick...

Hello, I recently came across this photo: and I was wondering how hard this would be to find and breed into a Polish variety. I also really like the thought of bringing barring into a bird like this and getting barred crested white Polishes. Thinking about the genetics of blue in chickens I...

I've always thought that Cemanis are SUPER cool, but when scrolling through the endless abyss of the internet - a hobby of mine - I found some pictures that are labeled Ayam Cemani eggs, and the shell is black. There are also other pictures of tan eggs, and I'm wondering which one is true. I...