I have three 4 month old roosters. One Barred Rock/Lavender Orpington cross, he is orange, I call him Pumpkin, super sweet. Two RIR/Lavender Orpington Mixes, one is mostly white with some red, black, very unique, handsome bird, going to be big boy. The other is more traditional Rhode Island Red...
Have a chick that external pipped this morning at 9:40AM, right in the middle of the egg, not near the air cell. I am wondering about the chick's position, and ability to get out on it's own. It hasn't made much progress. I am going to wait until tomorrow to step in, since it's so early. But I...
I have a 4 year old Appenzeller Spitzhauben hen. Brought her in the house a week ago Sunday, She had stopped laying about a week prior, brought her in when I noticed her standing alone most of the day. Initially thought she was just struggling with the cold, since she is not cold hearty. Next...
Can someone help me with dosage conversion? It has directions for in water, I would like to dose orally. The chicken weighs 4.12lb. I have a ml syringe.
Thank you in advance,
Michele
@casportpony
Does anyone know if I can give a cat Valbazen or Safeguard? She is a barn cat that came with the house purchase. She is feral not a pet, but she is looking very thin, so I was thinking about putting some wormer in canned cat food.
Chickens are 5 months old, three of them have started laying this week. Everybody looks fine, eating, drinking, energetic, but have noticed a few watery poo's. It was pretty warm here, 90's last week, but this past weekend (Sept 12/13) it was upper 60's, mid 70's today, so probably not from heat...
We have a secure coop, researched and implemented quite a few of the suggestions on this site, so far so good. We also trap and dispatch (permanently) vermin. Please move on from this thread if you have an issue with that. Count is two coons, one possum, since the chickens went outside in June...
We think we might have a boy in our flock of pullets we ordered from MPC. What thinkest thou?
One on left pullet, one on right ??
Close up
Side view, some black feathers coming in under tail.
Waddles
One of our rare breed assortments from my pet chicken, has us stumped. These are the flavors.
Buckeye
Ancona
Easter Egger
Ameraucana (Wheaten, Blue, Black, Splash)
Black Sumatra
Andalusian (Blue, Black, or Splash)
Appenzeller Spitzhauben
Sicilian Buttercup
Salmon Faverolles
Golden Campine...
Need help with these. We think we have narrowed it down quite a bit, but would love some input from the BYC community.
Chick 1 We think Appenzeller Spitzhauben?
Chick 2 Cochin?
Chick 3 Welsummer?
Chick 3 and Chick 1 again on right
Chick 4 Ancona?
Chick 5 Golden Campine or Sicilian...