I thought it was a pullet at first, but I guess not. Anything in particular I should be looking for when determining the gender of chickens in the future?
Hello! We got another bird, after realizing our bantam was a rooster. She is about 2 months old, and looks to be an EE. When we selected her, she had missing feathers all along her back. A store clerk sprayed a purple liquid on her, still not sure what that was. Later, we realized she had...
the mites have gotten really bad in our coop. We did research, and decided on bathing them in it. We got a 5 gallon bucket and put 5 ounces of it into it along with some warm water. We placed them in, head above water, and rubbed it in their feathers. After, we dried them off and misted it on...
So we gave our girls a permethrin bath today to treat mites. They were acting weird after, losing their balance and not moving much. I thought they seemed shocked, and gave them some time. It’s been a few hours, and our silkie is still off balanced, and is acting rather strange. We followed all...
This is Roscoe, she’s our old English bantam chick. She is about 3-5 weeks old, and her comb is rapidly growing. I’m afraid she might be a rooster? :( Our other chick doesn’t have a comb yet.