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This is a partridge plymouth rock at approximately 6 weeks. I’ve had horrible luck with chicks turning into roos and the fact that this one has a comb starting freaks me out. However, it’s mostly yellow and I don’t really see any wattles forming yet so those seem like good signs. What’s your...

I have two 4 week old dominiques. They were sold to me as female, and all the signs have pointed to them being female (shadowing on legs and feet, getting feathers quickly, uniform spot on head). I have noticed that one of them has a comb that is slightly bigger and getting more red than her...

There are a lot of post on here with the same issue for the last month. I read so many of them to try to find an answer for my girls. Honestly, I'm still not certain what it was. The temperature dropped to the 20's and 30's. A lot of black spots appeared on Zena. Then Lily had four or five of...

hello! i’m aware easter eggers are a surprise “mutt” but i hatched a green egg and got georgie. i’ve called him a boy from day 1 just to mentally prepare for a rooster although the idea of georgie being a george grew on me and now i hope he really is a he. but anyway, he’s fun looking and i...

Anyone else had a cockerel with the biggest comb ever? This is our boy Foghorn Leghorn. We hatched him last year he’s about 7 months old. We have had hens for over 20 years and in that time we have NEVER seen a cockerel with such a big comb and wattles. Competition time? 😂

I think I have a sick chicken or she’s super stressed. She’s been a bit bullied and today I had to pull her from the coop because her comb was bleeding (someone took a small piece of it) and her comb is more pink than red which I had just assumed was weather related but now I have her in my...

:frowHi there, My gorgeous hen Rocky has some black and whitish spots on her comb. I thought it was dirt at first, but I tried to wipe it off with my finger and it seems like it's stuck on there. I also checked out some other articles like this, and they said it might be pecking scabs, but I'm...

So, I don't know what's going on. I tried searching it in here and none of the images show the same thing. He has no respiratory issues, 5 months old, eating and drinking fine, no one else in the flock has this including the other rooster. it hasn't gotten bigger from us noticing it a few days...

My beloved chicken, Nuggie, has a cut right between her head and her comb. It’s not bleeding anymore but has made a little sticky mess on her. She doesn’t seem to act any differently or even care! I suspect it to be from a rooster, as there are no other areas where it could have happened. No one...

We just noticed this nastiness on our poor Sages comb :( he’s acting like his usual spry self but although we’ve been raising birds for a little over a year they’ve all been happy and healthy so far so we’re new to the sickness in birds part. Him and the girls have their own big room in the barn...

Soooo I’m back with my weird chickens! Can y’all tell if this is pecking or a skin disease? I’ve been watching for pecking behaviors from another chicken but they must secretly be ninjas. I can I deter pecking when I’m not around/at work?

Hello! My australorp tore a good chunk of her comb off today while I was at work. I think she tore it on part of the pen fencing, but I will check when it is daylight tomorrow for blood and/or damage. The comb chunk was barely hanging on, so I sterilized all my equipment, cleaned her head/wound...

Happy New Year. Our Bielefelders are beyond 30 weeks. One had scrapped her head as a chick and had a scab form at the beak and forehead area. As a result, no comb was developed. She does have a very small waddle. She is also smaller in size and weight than her siblings. My questions are: 1...

Mister T and the girls gave me some really REALLY mixed babies. Looks to me like three roos and two ladies. Whatcha think?

I’m sorry this is probably a common problem among northern chickens but my rooster has a blister on the top part of his comb and the entire comb is looking quite pale. We had a night that reached 3F the other day and last night maxed out around 10F. I’m assuming it’s the start of frostbite. What...

Hello! This is my first post. I have 5 beautiful - 8 month old buff Brahma hens. 2 of them just started laying about 2 weeks ago and im sure the others will follow suit soon. However, I have 1 brahma that is always the last to run over to me, she is very shy and will not eat out of my hand, and...

These 2 hens are the same age and as far as I know same hatch, they came from a local Chicken hatchery bought at 5mo of age aprx 8mo old now. The comb and wattles are completely different. Do I have a rooster? Could something be wrong? Or is this a common thing?

I hope I am posting this in the right category, but I could not find another one more appropriate. I have one cockerel with a comb that I don't think it should have and I haven't found a way to describe it to google to figure out what is going on. It is a straight comb but with no defining...

I've noticed my rooster this past summer has had a scab like patch on his comb. I originally thought it would heal and go away, but it's been a few months now and no sign of healing. It occasionally bleeds and sometimes looks like it has a white pus like fluid. I've sprayed it with vetricin and...

Hi all, I am fairly certain I have 5!!! roosters and 2 hens out of 7 total chicks I bought for 90% sexing accuracy. Can you please help me determine whether I have roosters or hens? (Photos below) 7 week old Easter/Olive Eggers - 2 appear blue (I think both roosters, maybe one hen) - 2...