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I know the platform is for poultry but I had to bring this here cus I had no where else ask and I figured a lot of us here would have barn/house cats
A friend of mine asked that I helped him pick up a kitten he ordered for his small scale brahma farm but when I picked the...
Just returned home after 2weeks+ and noticed one of my 11 chicks hatched has what seems to be pasty butt, though I had used a warm towel to wipe off the poo residue but the anal hole wasn't blocked to begin with just abnormally swollen
And yes I noticed when he poos he squats and then gets up...
Alright guy so I've been in a breeding plan of what I believe are game birds since I got this little guy like around 4years back
He grew to a very beautiful red roo
Which I later had to sadly get rid of cus he was aggressive, the week I got rid of him I visited the man I bought him from to...
This is Stella
She's 7 month old and yet to lay, she exhibits roo like behavior that has me concerned
She's above the rank of one of my cockerels who's 7weeks younger than she is and when ever he mounts her she gets pissed and does the rooster dance at him before he runs off yes the rooster...
Hello everyone this is courage and he's around 5-6 month old and probably a mix cus can't seem to figure what breed he is, but there is one thing I noticed about him
He has yellow legs and has kind of a Rhode island red colouring to him that is asides the black on his chest
So I was wondering...
These girls would be 7months in a couple days can anyone figure what breed they are
The first I suspect to be a production red but not sure about the recent developing black feathers
The second is real racking cus i had one like her previously and even a friend of mine has a roo like her...
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One of my boys not looking too good and I can't figure out what exactly the problem could be, he's very lean with little to no pale comb and wattle
He is an Isa brown around 5months old, he eats fine..poo's fine and even mounts the girls occasionally though he's the lowest...
These guys are 2 out of 5 siblings from a half frizzle dad, which means he's frizzle didn't curl all the way to 100%
But at first these guys looked half frizzled like their dad but now with them developing more feathers they're starting to look normal but their tail and wing feathers remain...
Hello everyone it's been a while
I got these little guys yesterday and I'm not sure of their breeds they are 2momths, and what I know about their parents is the dad is frizzle, look alike with his son in the 4th photo while the mum is exactly the same as the pullet in the last photo
These guys...
Got these guys today and I'm sure the first black sex link looking one is a cockerel though have the colouration of the hen,any guess on his breed?
The second one I'm 75% sure she's a she then the last one looks like a mystery
Never seen a white chicken with blue legs, I also suspect him to be a...
Obviously a he
This dude should be around 2weeks of age
Developing white patterns on his incoming feathers
Seller doesn't know what he is, could be mix but what do you guy's think?
One of the main issues with getting new birds are the risk of bringing home diseases
Well lately I got a new flock of 11young birds
4 turned out to be males and one of them (my favorite 🥺) seems to have coccidiosis, at least I think he does
He was 💯 when we got them but started acting out 3 days...
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We recently got a young flock of 1 month old birds and one that was brought home by mom is Ill
She has the fowl pox, it's all over her legs on her nose,one eye and a wattle
Though she's doing well eating drinking and pooing normal
She's stays with us inside to prevent the...
Good day everyone so I have this 2months and one week old cockerel who was so bursting with energy and character, he was so healthy and had started attempting mounting my small hens before I went off to school
It's been one week before returning home yesterday to find out all my bird's where...
BYC family meet the newest addition to my flock
he's 7weeks old, a replacement for my last roo and just wanted to know what y'all think of his breed
His seller had assorted birds though more of RIR and BSL
He and another cockerel where the only ones with this coloration
Want to hear your opinions
This lil fluff is only just 4 days old and I don't know what could possibly be wrong with him
He was fine the first two days but now looks like this👇
He eats but not like his siblings
He's moving but like a hen that's egg bound
Gets pop stuck to his vent constantly but I always get it out...
Hello
So I have 5 pullets who are 9 months+ and they aren't laying
It's been 2 months since they've been squatting for me
Only my boss hen charming who layed forb3weeks and since then stopped
They are healthy agile, being fed with layers feed but refuse to drop eggs
What could be the problem...
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So I just came back from school and I noticed my frizzle pullet walking strangely with her vent feather open like she was going to poop
I watched her for about 15sec while she still remaind the same so I picked her up and notice this transparent tumor like thing petruding out...
Gonna be first time chick dad and I was wondering if it's safe for day old chicks to eat guinea corns both the red and white one
If not at what age can it be advised giving it to them