So I bought three ice browns earlier and two of them look one way and one looks another and I’m wondering if I either have a young rooster or what? One is all yellow, and two are yellow and red. And their combs are different… what is my yellow guy? Thanks! He super sweet and I’m hoping they...
I have a hen That’s almost a year old. She is a little labored in her breathing and makes a sound with each breath. She keeps wanting to close her eyes like she’s just absolutely exhausted. She isn’t hanging around with the others much and she usually hangs around my dark Brahma. She is eating...
Last year in March, I decided I wanted to start keeping chickens again… I started out with four Brahmas, and quickly added some Prairie bluebells, a few handicapped Polish, Easter eggers, Cochins, Orpingtons and a leghorn, silkies, and a goose. I hatched out some ducks that I rehomed because I...
Hello again ladies. I have another sick chicken. I just lost my rooster last month from what was suspected Mareks. I didn’t do the necropsy but the vet kind of thought so and I could have done a necropsy but didnt do it. I have lost about half my flock and symptoms have varied. I have a 10ish...
So I’ve had a handful of sick chickens since about July. They’ve either been culled or died. I’ve had some odd symptoms that I’ve come on here and asked about and I had a few lose the use of their legs. My last to die was my only Roo, Riggs 😢. I took him to the vet and after examining him...
Hello ladies! I have a Smokey pearl hen that is developing a cross beak. She was infested in lice and I have been treating her with DE and a poultry spray from Tractor Supply, and she’s doing good with that. But now she has ZERO energy. I’ve been giving her supplements from rooster booster...
So I have another question about my Polish that has a severe Crossbeak… I got her that way from my local tractor supply as a baby chick. I’ve had her for a few months now, and her sisters are much bigger than her, and she is still very tiny. I am worried that when it comes time to lay eggs that...
Yesterday I noticed my lavender Orpington was sneezing a lot and tipping her head back and opening her beak like she’s trying to gasp for air but she’s not making a bunch of noise doing it … She has no gunk coming out of her nose or any around her eyes, but her comb and waddle has turned gray...
Yesterday I noticed my lavender Orpington was sneezing a lot and tipping her head back and opening her beak like she’s trying to gasp for air but she’s not making a bunch of noise doing it … She has no gunk coming out of her nose or any around her eyes, but her comb and waddle has turned gray...
My name is Sara and I’m fairly new to raising chickens. Any useful advice is more than welcome! I have a 2.5 month old Polish cross beak that I’m raising, I’d love some advice on that!! She’s thriving now, I’m hand feeding her and letting her attempt to eat from the feeder. Im puréing her food...
I bought this girl 4/5 months ago. I bought 4 what I thought was leghorns. One is definitely a leghorn and 3 look like this. They’re not grey, not white but look like their dirty white chickens but that’s just their coloring. Any idea what breed these 3 are? Oh and they lay brown eggs.