Ok, so just got home and noticed something odd on the side of one of our chicks heads, never seen this before, it looks like poop coming out of it's ear area?? Pictures are below, let me know if they don't pop up..
Hello, first thank you everyone who posts, alot of valuable info in here. Anyways, we just added two more chicks to our flock and we got them from a straight run, and cant tell if ones a roo. The 'suspect'(chick #1) has a protective, bold personality over the other chick(chick #2), sometimes...
I'm not sure if anyone else has had this happen before, I couldn't find any posts about it, anyways, my Cuckoo Maran just started laying and I was under the impression that they lay large very dark eggs? Mine is laying small, whitish cream colored eggs very similar to a cochin, is this normal...
My girlfriend and I are in the process of building a pond in our backyard, we have 3 full grown chickens, we are trying to think of a way to "train" them to keep out so they don't drown. Any ideas? Thanks for any opinions.