hello. my beautiful rooster called spot has been lifeless and can barely stand for about a day. another one of our chickens just died from similar symptoms, so i'm resorting to coming here for help. he stands up and looks like he's going to poop, but can't. he also barely will eat and drink...
i hope she gets better! we've had two of our lovely hens die from this and it was really sad. thanks to everyone posting how to handle this situation; now i'll know what to do in the future.
we are planning on advertising them this weekend. we're only keeping three of the roosters, including rocky. thank you for the advice! and for everyone else, we're way too attached to them to have them killed, but if someone takes them and uses them for meat, that's none of our business.
hello. i have a cage of 21 chickens and 3/4 of them are roosters. we hatched them from our other chicken's eggs so we couldn't get rid of them ((although we are now being forced to)). many of the roosters are becoming very mean and cruel to the other roosters, even the hens sometimes. they...
we got an old english game rooster on easter at tractor supply! he is so friendly and he always runs to me when he sees me. everyone should have one of these chickens!
UPDATE: he is completely fine now. his wings are back in place, as well as his head. we think he probably had a heat stroke due to the sudden change in weather. thank you for helping :)
your chicken might just have a minor cold. one of our roosters sneezes almost everyday, but has lived for a very long time. i suggest just checking up on the hen once in a while to make sure it's not something major. :) also, the black spots on your hen's comb is most definitely from just scabs...