Hello! Looking for some advice here… I have one rooster who’s 7, he’s been the main rooster with no problems when cockerels have hatched and grown up until they got rehomed. Then enters this little bantam polish, who are supposed to be rather chill birds. Once I knew he was a boy, I didn’t...
Hi y’all, on I came home on Sunday to a dog in the yard and feathers everywhere. I was lucky when an hour and a half later my sweet girl just appeared from where she was hiding, with some bite wounds. I rinsed the wound and sprayed generously with vetericyn. She was had good energy and was...
Pullet or cockerel 🤪
Because it’s everyone’s favourite game and I like to torture myself by looking at every photo possible online 😁
I got them from Wilco, so who knows the quality but they sure are a little sweetie pie. The comb is non existent, and still black/flesh coloured. Only thing...
Everyone’s favourite game 😍 I know I can wait, but I also like to torture myself and analyze combs everyday. But these fools don’t have comb that I can see LOL
What do y’all think on these two bantam wc blue babies, they are 3 weeks old (4 wks on 7/13) these two are my first polish chicks, and...
Hello! My cochin became broody, then exactly a week later my speckled sussex became broody. They are both in the same coop, on opposite nesting boxes (about 5-6 feet between them, the roosting bars are between them)
Fast forward 3 weeks, my Goldie girl has 4 babies - and exactly one week later...
Hi, not exactly sure which header this should be under… anyway, I have a fluffy Cochin who’s gone broody. I want to let her hatch some eggs because I’ve lost a few birds this year.
I need some advice, because she doesn’t dust like the other girls and noticed she has a considerable amount of...
Hi y’all! It has been really yucky in my chicken run with all these storms. All our soil is Adobe mud, and it takes forever to soak up. We’re in Northern California so this is the first year I’ve really experienced this with the run. Poor flock are in poopy mud puddles ankle deep most of the...
So I’m super bummed, out of the blue one of my buttercups passed away. The only sign she had was that morning, she was still in the coop when I let everyone out. I peeked in to see what was up, she seemed fine and hopped out running to meet the other hens. I later found her behind the coop, no...
Oh my goodness, back in April I got two Sicilian buttercup pullets, and can I just say, they may be my new favourite breed. They are so sweet, totally fine with being picked up and cuddled. When we had outside play, or now when I visit them in the coop, they ALWAYS fly up to be on my shoulder or...
Just wanted to show off (and stop annoying my family with non stop photos xD ) my little girls.
They are 7 weeks old today, and finishing up their first week outside in their own coop (still having to put them inside the coop, as they still aren’t getting it, ha)
Ive got 2 Sicilian buttercups...
The other day I found an odd soft shelled egg made of two together.. and found her on the nest, thinking she was broody I picked her up. She’s a mess, I thought she had broke an egg being on the nest. Well I saw this... another soft shelled egg and what looks like a prolapse. I softly tugged the...
There is hardly any information on these chickens! I’ve got a pair from tractor supply, saying they are pullets claiming they are auto sexing. But I’ve searched the web so much, and can find but a few articles on this breed of chicken. They are 5 weeks old tomorrow, and look the dang same (well...
Walking through TSC and some baby chicks just fell into my bag.... oops.
Well, I saw PULLETS and grabbed four. Two Sicilian Buttercups, one Speckled Sussex and one Golden Sex Link... the one I’m questioning is the Golden Sex Link.
She’s definitely golden down, but 2 weeks old now, just...
(I may be posting prematurely, since I’ve only felt in the morning. I’ll recheck her this evening if I feel her crop as well, as this mass or if this mass is her crop)
While letting my flock out yesterday morning (Wednesday), I scooped up my BCM hen for a quick hug and noticed her crop was huge...
I saw her on the ladder to their roost (I’d say she was 1-1 1/2ft high) just jump off and land with her toes bent. Of course she’s been limping since, about 5-7 days. I thought she’d be just sore, so I gave her some time. Well, she’s still limping and while standing she holds it up.
She lets...
About two years ago I got a build it yourself coop from tractor supply, unfortunately it’s pretty cheap (but was quite $$$) and now in the past 2 months I’ve done two complete deep cleans in the coop, spraying every inch, nook and cranny with permethrin/water spray AND I STILL HAVE MITES! The...
I noticed on Wednesday 12/23 my Cochin girl looked a little extra poofed, specifically her head/neck area (I’ll attach all photos I have) and noticed her butt was pretty poopy. It’s a cold Northern California day, so I took her in for a warm bath and blow dry. She had a distinct smell, it wasn’t...
I just took on a friends small flock(5hens) , 3 of which are 8yr old hens who don’t lay.
I have a flock already, and have these new girls in their own coop within the run.
I’ve had them since Tuesday, so this is the third day. It’s been decently hot, prob around 80-85 each day.
One of the 8yr...
I've successfully added many babies to our flock, and 1 one year old hen. My friend has to get rid of her hens, so I'm taking them, 3 of them are eight years old and the other two hens are around 2-3 years old. My flock has 6 three year old hens/rooster, and 3 one year old hens/rooster (2...
One of my baby Brahma chicks back side looks like this.. just wondering if there is something to be worried about? Eating/drinking fine, walking around like normal and no pasty butt. Vent is clear...