I have been very lucky and have never dealt with any illness but I noticed while looking at the flock today that one of my older hens has a growth on her face near her beak it feels like a barnacle it’s really hard anyone know what it is what I do??thank you!
I forgot to add she is otherwise...
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!
Here I will talk about my flock. If I have a problem I will post it here. If I hatch eggs I will post here. Now I am going to introduce you to my flock. Well, there is actually 2. I have 2 seperate coops with seperate flocks. Flock 1: The Originals
Little Big Shot - He is a Black Cochin Bantam...
Our flock
Emily our gray bantom cochin and Isbe were currently tied between a few breeds.
Rizo our black sex link
And finally, truffles. Our black hedemora roo
Rizo loves food and follows isbe around everywhere, but can be a bit of a bully (mostly to Isbe)
Isbe is a gentle giant, the...
Hello everyone, I looked at my rooster's wattle this evening and saw some strange white & black dots on his wattle!!?? This was very sudden to me because he isn't sick at all. Does anyone know what this is? Is there any cures? @Eggcessive @aart @rosemarythyme @DobieLover @HappyClucker7...
Hello everyone, I have been seeing some broken chicken eggs outside & inside the nest boxes for the past 2 weeks or so. I didn't think it was serious until I had enough of all the broken chicken eggs I saw. I usually collect my chicken eggs daily, but sometimes if I do forget, 1 skunk (I think)...
Hey guys just wondering if my 8 week old chickens can go in with other chickens witch are 14 weeks old, will they get killed? will it go ok? please help! thanks!🙏
Hello everyone, I was looking at my rooster's toe nail and I think I found out that his toe nail might have fallen off from scratching? It looks like his upper toe nail is still on, while the bottom of the toe nail is off. I can see the little blood dripping from there. I then cleaned his toe...
Hey y’all I’m interested in discussing and comparing my flocks with others.
currently I have 4 barred rocks, 4 Americanas , 1 Easter egger, and 1 Supposed Isbar
So, in my flock the past year, we’ve hatched and grown many male ducks and its not a very good hen to drake ratio. I just found some welsh harlequins, (which I’ve wanted for a while), and we need to even out our flock with more hens, but I don’t know if I’ll be able to quarantine them for like a...
Im supposed to recieve this chicken once he/she is older. I am hoping it is a hen because I am looking for another egg layer for my backyard flock. Any thoughts on breed or gender? (Black chick in the front on the right)
My older ducks are 5 months, the new ones are 2 months. We want to introduce them to one another, as for the past month they’ve seen each other everyday through a fence. Sadly, whenever we let out older ducks free roam; they immediately go to pecking at them through the fence. It’s the two...
My two new Pekin ducklings (Bluebell and Cora) are 11 days old! We have three older ducks, Destiny, Hercules, and Pato! Destiny and Hercules are boys, while Pato is a single female! We knew this wouldn't work so we searched for female ducks, but couldn't find any! We got two ducklings, and we...