I hatched out chickens, I thought most were hens now I don’t know. They are 4 months old and hatched from orphington eggs.
(1. Red 2. Grey 3. Darker red 4.black)
Helpp! I have one hen that won’t stop getting picked on!! Okk so this one is pretty long but i think all points here go back to when i first introduced my hen that is being bullied. At first before she came along, i had only 3 3weeks old hens. I know that it’s not really a big flock or preferred...
I live in a town with a 4 hen limit and unfortunately my sweet hatchery Salmon Faverolles unexpectedly dropped dead a few weeks ago :(
I need something started since I only have one spot in my flock, but I've been having a heck of a time finding a pullet at this time of year. I live in Los...
Hi! I am fairly new chicken mama. Looking for help to distinguish this chicken’s sex. It is 15 weeks old and much larger than the other two chickens plus has a somewhat reddish waddle and comb unlike the other two. Can anyone familiar with this breed help me?!? Thanks
This morning I found my hen with her eyes closed. Even when I touched her face she kept them shut. She's always been scared of me, so she tries to hide when I'm near, but she clearly doesn't feel like moving much. She's so skinny, empty crop, and won't eat the eggs I've offered. It's the time of...
A friend of mine has a 4 month old chicken hen that was attacked by a fox about two weeks ago. The fox started to carry her away and the kids scared it so the fox dropped her. She hasn’t been able to walk since and she lays on her side all the time. she keeps her left leg tucked up beside her...
I've got 4 red sussex chicks that I would like to identify. I got these chicks from Tractor Supply during the summer. When I got them, they were in a tin with another chicken breed. There is that paper at the top that says some info about them and it says "pullets" which I didn't believe the...
Hi I have 5 chicks that are 7 weeks old. Does anyone have ideas on breed or gender? Thanks
#1 single comb
#2 w/beard
#3
#4 small beard
#5 I think is a Roo w/beard
Today I'm back online with some pictures, hope you guys like it
Frenly hen
And a big boi rooster
Nice grainy picture at 27.6x magnification
And of course a cat or maybe a few
I still don’t know their gender! There hasn’t been any crowing, Piper even had vent gleet and expelled what may have been egg material, Piper and Neutral are both vocal and do peck sometimes for food and Pecky is on the bottom for the hierarchy. I included a bunch of photos hoping that would...
I have a year old silkie hen and her chicks just started hatching two days ago, so far 7 have hatched and three are pipped.
She has had sour crop for a while but its definitely getting better, today she has no fluid in her crop
She was just sitting on her chicks and all of a sudden i herd a...
Hello. I've been with BYC for a while but never really needed to post anything until now.
I have a 9 year old Sussex hen that has been without issue for most of the nine years I've had her. For the past week, she has been sneezing occasionally and has developed a sort of rattle to her breathing...
I bred a Blue Copper Marans to my flock. I know her mom is one of my pea combed hens, and that leaves me a couple of options;
Buff Brahma
Splash Oliver Egger mixes (2 different hens)
Splash Brahma
Green Queen mix
Lavender Ameraucana
A blue/red Easter Egger (idk how to describe her other than...
This is Butter :) In this picture, Butter is 5 months and one week old. Sold as a "rainbow egger" but from searching the internet, I am fairly certain is a Barred Rock and Buff Orpington combo (hatchery has both breeds). The dark brown chicken in the background is a hen of the same age, also...
My friend’s hen is displaying some very weird symptoms. See video:
She is about 2-3 year old. Rather sudden onset. Seems to be completely blind now as well. Pupils are different sizes, one eye she keeps closing, and she has a weird drifting in her neck. I’m wondering if it could be marek’s...
We moved a few months ago and brought our flock of five with us. While the other four are thrilled with the new digs, one of our girls – a 3-yo beautiful Australorp - hasn’t adjusted and is clearly unhappy here.
Our pecking order is kind of three at the top, one at the bottom, and our unhappy...
I have a sneaking suspicion that I know the answer but… rooster or hen? Around three months old. The others have no where near the size of comb this one does
Can anyone tell me what breed of chicken this is? If it helps, we got them from another person who gave us pekin bantams, but they're a bit bigger than our pekins.
And as a bonus, the rooster on the last picture (a son of one of these breeds), is he also that breed but the rooster alternative?