Hey Folks
so I'm new to roosters... chickens we've been keeping for about 8 years... but recently we 'fostered' some chicks for our neighbour while they create better housing...anyway .. the three 'chickens' have turned out to be roosters... beautiful fun crazy roosters that I've fallen in love...
Hey folks.. been a chicken keeper for some years and I’ve seen many different illnesses and injuries... and you guys here have been the saviour of many of my girls with your advice.. anyway.. Our Cream Legbar.. Newt.. she’s 3 years old but recently she’s gone a little slow.. her wings have...
so Hi All you experts out there... having a few issues with our flock.
We've had chickens for some years now and have been through all sorts of different issues and problems and with the help of you guys always managed to come out the other side quite well.
so I'm hoping I can get some great...
Hi there all... I’ve had chooks for a few years and seen all manner of issues... but this is new..
my brown leghorn.. She-Ra... has this weird neck thing.. she looks like she’s constantly gulping and bobbing her head from side to side
My first investigations made me think impacted crop.. so...
Hi there ... been a chicken momma for a few years and after a horrendous fox attack weve a whole new flock that are not acting like our old flock and were a bit stumped
So before Christmas six of our girls started to moult... only around the butt area..fluffy bloomers have gone and the feathers...
Help... Currently have a serious rat problem in our coop....
We have two seperate coops that are joined together with a top and back fencing...
This is mounted on a footing of concrete slabs...
Rats have tunnelled underneath the slabs and have been knocking about underneath the coops and round...
A request to all BYC'ers out there.. Currently have Weenie my little common brown in the vets suffering from suspected egg peritonitis !! She's quite poorly and was actually asked earlier if I wanted her to be put to sleep.. I opted for further treatment but it's pretty touch and go.. So all...
Having a very emotional day... Here's our attempt to snap my little black rock out of her broodiness ... And I'm not too proud to admit I've shed a few tears over it..
My instincts are always to make my animals/pets the most comfortable and perfect life possible so confining her to a smaller...
Hi folks... Not sure if you can help but have I heard my 8mth chick cough ?.
It was a weird 'backaw' type sound with a sort of 'fffft ffft' after it...she did it about three times in a row... It's not a sound I've heard her do before
She looks fine in herself..not acting any different and her...
Hi folks... Very new to this chicken malarkey ... Had all sorts of pets in the past.. Reptiles dogs cats and all manner of mammals...
But these guys... These are really testing me... Got all sorts of literature and always on this site but think I'm losing my grasp..
Have a lovely flock of...
Hi there folks... Totally new to this chicken lark.. I currently have five ladies.. Frost and Pegg (a black rock and beechwood blue) and beaky and weenie (two common browns) and picked up a new girl yesterday.. A speckledy which I am yet to name.. Already learned so much from this site and the...