I have taken in a 6 week old Easter egger. Her behavior is baffling me. She is constantly cheeping. The only time she stops is when I'm holding her. She always has her tail feathers down. She is always running under my two other chicks and hiding near or underneath them. They tolerate her...
I have a hen (my first hen, so I'm not sure of a lot with her) she's a reasonably new addition. She was being picked on badly by her old flock and I took her to heal. She gets along well with my boys and I kept her. She was missing lots of feathers from the picking when she first got here, so...
I am taking care of a hen that was being picked on by her flock, I think she is around 1 or 2. She appears to be very healthy, she lays eggs frequently, her comb is bright red, her vent looks good, her legs and feet look good, her feathers look good. She has behaved normally up to this point...
We have a baby Polish, and she is growing in her wing feathers in an odd way. We've raised nine other babies (though not Polish) and never seen this before, so I am wondering if anyone else has an idea if this is normal, or odd, and if anything needs to be done to help her out. Maye there is a...
I'm not sure if this has been talked about, but one of my chickens acts in an unusual way to the others. We've had the chickens for about a year now and I hadn't noticed until the past 2 ish months. One of my hens acts incredibly strang, she walks fine, eats fine, and as far as I know, Lays...
Hi there! I have 4 Rhode Island Red hens who typically lay brown eggs, but for two days in a row, I’ve gotten one strangely pale egg that is a pinkish white colour. I don’t think this is normal and am worried for my girls... all of the other eggs are normal and fine, and I’ve never had anything...
I noticed a bit over a week ago that my almost 7 year old Sussex hen (she will be 7 on 3/14) is breathing fast when she sleeps. I've been trying to diagnose the problem and provide treatment but I've had no avail. Read carefully as this isn't the normal "hen has labored breathing" case.
Her...
Anybody ever have a hen who doesn't want to get out of box, laid that day (mind you in a different box) is not sitting on eggs and doesn't appear to be sick or injuried?
I had a small flock of babies all of which came off a line of dorking the hen is easily 15th generation and only Rhode Island Red mix as far as I know that’s all we’ve ever had and my neighbors bought a rooster and just gave us..this is the first flock that’s stayed around to adulthood and out...
Its gross i know i stumbled across this on my little coops roof yesterday morning when i went to feed and water.. It was located in a very odd spot! The roof of my little coop yesterday. First time, i have ever found an egg there. soft shell egg i have had a older sex link hen lay these...
my silver apple yard cross is constantly following around my leghorn. She isn't really bothered by it but when she does anything lil' walnut is following right behind her. He recently lost her sister because she had to be put down and he is a very friendly duck but it is quite odd. Can anyone...
I was relaxing on my couch with my chicken, but then she started making an odd noise. The noise was reminiscent of a bubble sound effect mixed with a helicopter. I searched everywhere but I could not find it. My hen, Beowulf (Beo for short) is a rescue who used to be beaten and was half starved...
So, there is this odd thing my chickens do that confuses the heck out of me but also cracks me up. Two of the chicks, seemingly at random, will suddenly start flapping and then running to one-another with their feathers all ruffled and neck feathers up as if they are about to have the biggest...
Mine start whining when I give them treats, some sound like accordions and one even sounds like an eagle or old fashioned kettle. I got a vid of them doing it and it is quite adorable. I have searched for whining chickens on YT and never seen anything regarding this. :lau These birds make some...
Hi everyone, new chicken momma here and I'm worried about one of my ladies. My chickens are 7 weeks old and one of my reds was going BONKERS in the coop tonight. Running in circles and banging into the coop walls! I dont want her to hurt herself. Whats up with this behavior?