#chicken

  1. alitachen

    What feeding equipment will you use to raise chicks

    Chick Feeder You need a poultry feeder container to hold the poultry feeds for your birds which makes it easier for them to get to and keeps them from pooping in their food. You can use homemade solutions like old egg cartons, and tissue paper boxes cut in half or you can buy some chick feeders...
  2. Stellasmomma

    Not the breed I purchased so what is it???

    HI !! I thought I was purchasing silver laced Sussex chicks ..... well that is clearly not what I got LOL I got these little cuties they are 5 weeks old now I am hoping someone can tell me what I have here thanks!
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  3. EasterChickens

    ‼️HELP‼️ Leghorn hen sick/lethargic?! Possibility of vent gleet?

    Hello everyone, I have a 2 year & 9 month old leghorn hen that just started to show signs of sickness 1 day ago. I'm pretty sure she is not eggbound because she did lay an egg yesterday. She did not lay an egg today though (usually she lays daily). She is still eating and drinking but not as...
  4. J

    WHY My Chickens Comb Is Not Growing?

    I don’t know the exact age of my chicken but she weighs 1.5kg. SHE seems perfectly fine too, no symptoms of any disease. And she is still not laying eggs. What do you think?
  5. BrittnyChicks

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  6. K

    My chicken is hiding?

    Hi everyone! So I posted about this yesterday, but I wanted to make a new thread to get more answers. My speckled Sussex is hiding under the coop constantly, she will come out to eat , drink and for treats but she’s under there instead of pecking and scratching during the day. She is in a molt...
  7. K

    Pale comb on speckled Sussex?

    I’m new to chickens and awhile ago I posted about how my speckled Sussex stopped laying. She still hasn’t layed an egg in about 4-5 weeks and I’m really concerned. She is preening, eating, drinking, scratching the ground and everything but I just noticed today how her comb is pink. She has...
  8. W

    Help, chicken poop!

    I have 4 brahmas, one rooster , 3 hens. Probably about 2? Years old I just got them a few months ago. I noticed poop in the run had this red in it??? They're acting normal and fine, none are acting sick, is it age or do I need to get corrid? I don't know which one is doing it. I only see to...
  9. EasterChickens

    !URGENT! Rooster's spur broken and bleeding!

    Hello everyone, I randomly came out to my backyard to check on my rooster and I found that one of his spur's went missing/broken and is bleeding. I'm assuming that his spur got stuck somewhere and therefore it broke. Does anyone know any cures or treatment to this? Please let me know ASAP if you...
  10. oodle

    Chickens when given the choice of water

    Setting: My chickens are outside during a rainy day. They are standing near a nice, fresh, and cool container of clean water specifically for them. They are also near a dirty old hole filled with mud water. My chickens will 100% of time choose to drink the mud water.
  11. ChickenWitch1

    Sick and very lethargic chicken

    My EE bantam roo started acting off about a week ago. He seemed to have less interest in interacting with the other chickens, which is very unusual for him. It started getting worse a few days ago so I brought him inside. He’s eating only a bit, and i’m giving him water through an eye dropper...
  12. G

    Chicken acting really weird? Temporary sickness or serious disease?

    My pet chicken has been acting weird since yesterday. Yesterday I noticed she was slow (not moving around as much), she also seemed very tired, I assumed she didn't sleep well the night before and just needed to sleep some more. But today it's the same thing, Shes slow/lethargic (slow to react...
  13. ChickenWitch1

    Chicken gasping for air and shaking neck/head?

  14. ChickenWitch1

    Hookworms in chickens?

    I lost a chicken a couple days ago to what I thought was gapeworms. She had all the symptoms of it. Another chicken started showing the same symptoms so I took her to the vet yesterday and they tested her feces. They said she does not have gapeworms, but hookworms? Does anyone know what the...
  15. ChickenWitch1

    Help?! Sick chicken with head hanging to the side?

    Please someone help. I have a hen, around 15 weeks old. She started acting oddly a few days ago, being very lethargic, gasping for air, and not eating much. We thought it might be the heat, and brought her inside for a few days. I checked her crop to see if it’s impacted and it’s not. Now about...
  16. ChickenWitch1

    15 week old light brahma - male or female?

    This brahma is 15 weeks old and it came from a pullet bin. It has had no signs of being a male until now, it just crowed this morning? I immediately assumed it was a boy, but then I looked it up and saw that hens will sometimes crow, especially the “alpha females” of the group, and this one is...
  17. Farmchickstogo

    Unabsorbed yolk sac?

    So, I had 5 old english game bantams in the incubator, hatch day is today. Today 3 of the 5 hatched. Just a few minutes ago the 4th hatched but it has a little bit of yolk sac still exposed. The chick is acting fine and it hatched completely on its own. I am going to leave it in the incubator...
  18. Emilyschickenslife

    My cockerel has lost a fight, and is very weak and won’t drink or eat, HELP!!

    This morning two of my cockerels have gotten themselves into a fight, one of them lost (cooper) and he is now laying down in a separate bit to the other chickens, but he looks to be very weak and I haven’t seen him eating or drinking, what can I do? Here’s a picture of his eye, I have cleaned it...
  19. GR Appleyard

    New and Improved Poultry Names Needed

    Yeah, there's names like "Chicken" and "Goose", but those aren't interesting. Do have any improved names for poultry? Are there any poultry that need better names that aren't listed? Chickens: Fluffy butts Ducks: Semi-Aquatic Fluffy-Butts Geese: Giant Semi-Aquatic Fluffy-Butts Swans...
  20. Chicken poppy

    Purpose of your flock? *chickens*

    Purpose of your chicken flock? remember that im asking this for the majority/all of your flock, if you have multiple, like pets and showing & breeding, choose other and tell me below!
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