mystery

Almost exactly two months ago I lost one of my Olive Eggers to a mystery illness or ailment. At first I thought it was Merek's but it turned out not to be, thank goodness. A friend of a friend who is a veterinarian looked at videos and pictures of her and thought it was egg peritonitis. Fast...

So I recently received my Meyer Hatchery order which included a Meyer meal maker and 2 rare assorted...so 3 mystery chicks. I identified one right away as silver laced Wyandotte as I am familiar with those. The other 2 I am not sure. I'd love some help .The blue chick has dark legs but pink...

One of my isa brown rescue hens has been laying shell-less eggs. Usually I'd give her calcium but she is taking antibiotics at the moment as she's been a little flat. This morning I found a shell-less egg with this small meaty ball in it. The ball is about 10mm x 7mm - quite small and firm...

Hello! I got some birds from someone who hatched a bunch of mystery eggs, and couldn't give me much info on them... I have some guesses about a few but wanted some other input from those who may know more! 1) I got this pretty roo. I'm guessing some sort of birchen marans or olive egger made...

Hey peeps. More bad news on my end:( We found our Silkie - Naked Neck Cross pullet dead in our field today. We where away all day, so I don't know when/how it happened. All I know is that it was a predator, bc the body is torn open, and surrounded by feathers. There isn't much blood, and it...

I was at TSC yesterday and they had 'assorted bantams'....I picked the 4 that all looked the same! But I have NO CLUE as to what they could be!?.

I have 12 altogether. 1 Rooster (Definitely) 1 Maybe Rooster Silkie ? I really need help in identifying the gender of the rest of the birds in my flock. I Also would like to run it by all of you very knowledgeable & very helpful chicken lovers— I can confidently say that Out of 12 I have i am...

hello everyone, today I went out to feed the chickens. We just had our first big snow, and for most of the chickens, it will be their first winter. Some of the girls finally came out of the coop today since it’s nicer weather and of course, they get very excited when treats and feed comes...

I bought this chicken off of a craigslist add as a young pullet about 3 months ago and it has been laying pinkish-brown eggs for the last 2 months. The previous owner didn’t know the breed, so now I am asking any of you if you want to take a crack at guessing what breed/breeds this girl is. I’ll...

I have no idea what breed this rooster is, I inherited him from my cousin that was moving to another city. Well, we had a single chick hatch out from a clutch and he's the only rooster so I'm trying to figure out what the chick might end up looking like. The chick is either from one of my dark...

I’m selling backyard mixes $10 a dozen (not including shipping) who doesn’t like hatching some mystery surprises! NPIP certified, also tested clean for AI and PT My backyard egg mixes are at 99% fertile ratio!

My sister is a K/1 teacher, and every year she does a life science unit that includes hatching chicks. She rents an incubator, and buys eggs brought into the county extension office by 4H members. The eggs are never labeled, so it is always a guessing game to try to figure out what she hatched...

We ordered nine chicks from Ideal Poultry. They are a week and 3 days old. We purchased 2 New Hampshires, 2 Black Australorps, 2 Barred Rocks, and 2 Easter Eggers, along with 1 pullet surprise. We thought we had figured out the surprise but when they started feathering on their wings, that...

About 6 weeks ago, our relatively young Crested Cream Legbar (old enough for the coop but not laying yet) looked like she had an injured wing. She was dragging it on the ground and didn't seem to be able to move it. We tried wrapping it, but she kept managing to get it undone. About a week...

We’ve lost a bunch of our girls to foxes, but we’ve ben fencing and slowing that down pretty well by keeping the girls (and 3 roosters—2 Easter Eggers and a massive Black Jersey Giant mix) in their run until after noon. Everything was cool when I checked at 3:00 pm today, but I just went out...

Hello! I have two chicks that I need help identifying. I know one for certain is a bantam, and I have no clue about the other (she came in a "bantam" tub that also had meat birds, barred rocks, and New Hampshires in the mix - all of which I received :idunno). They are approximately 8 weeks old...

Hi everyone - I came into my coop today to find one of my favorite pullets dead and I am hoping you can help me figure out why. I had 10 pullets of mixed breed in there, all 4.5 - 5.5 week’s old. I had only just put them in there 3 days ago. Before that, they had been in two separate brooder...

Hi all. I bought 2 “rare mixed breeds” from the local farm store. Can anyone help me identify what breeds they might be? I’m pretty sure the black one is a bantam but I’m not sure about the yellow one. They were the same size when I bought them but the yellow one has outgrown the black one. The...

I found one of our hens this morning underneath their perch. She appeared pooped on and somewhat buried in the shavings. Our girls (and boy) are locked into a secure coop at night, and last night was no different. I am not sure what happened. I have isolated her, cleaned her off, and she is...

I have a rooster that I found in my abandoned barn a few weeks ago. He's been acting normally, like all my other chickens, up until very recently, as in the last few days. I'm very concerned about him. Some points to keep in mind: 1.He has lice (not infested, but a lot of nits) 2.I've given him...