I have an 11 month old speckled sussex hen who has just been going through it the past couple months :(
Back in February (around the 18th if I had to guess) she started showing signs of not feeling well. She was puffed up, lethargic, not eating or laying eggs, and panting. Isolated her and had...
I could really use some advice! We had a raccoon attack our flock 10 days ago and lost one hen and found two more injured. One of them had a small cut on the red outer part of her eye and that eye was swollen shut for a day or two after the attack but the eye itself looks fine. She was clearly...
Posted these babies a month ago and wanted to get more opinions now that they’re older. There’s 6 total. I’m mostly confused about the black one, it’s a 10 week old barnyard mix (you can kinda see dad in the background but don't know who the mom is). The others are probably 11-13 weeks old, the...
I’m not sure on the ages, they are all different, but I’ve had them for 5 weeks. I would guess they are 6-9 weeks.. I know the grey one is the oldest. All these pictures were taken on the same day. Starting today, sometimes the Easter Eggers combs are red and sometimes they aren’t which has me...
Do rooster chicks have bigger chests than hens? I have one 4 week old chick that hatched from one of my hens and is being raised by her. I also have some older chicks that are sexed pullets (hopefully) from the store that are different breeds being raised away from the mom and single baby. The 4...
Are these roosters or hens? I got these two as chicks and was told all they had was Silver Laced Wyandotte sexed chicks females only. Apparently they were wrong about the breed and I heard someone crowing this morning so now I am questioning if they are even hens 😂 They are around 10 weeks old...