I have a three-year-old Americauna hen named Badger. She is exceptionally smart and canny and delightful. May be a random request but I’m wondering if there’s someone that has a rooster that I could leave badger with and see whether or not I can get some fertilized eggs from her genetic line. I...
I just picked up 8 3 day old chicks. They are Americaunas with darker feathers. Several, maybe all seem to have little white powdery stuff on thier backs. They are pecking under their wings, which are just coming in, and they are pecking at each other. one seems to pecking another around the...
I had a hen die in the coop a couple of days ago. since then the other 3 hens have not returned to roost at night. They will go into the coop to eat and drink but do not hang around and have not gone into the roost where the egg boxes are or to roost at night, I have found one egg in the garden...
One of my hens died a couple of days ago. I found her dead just inside the roost door in the morning. She was apparently sick and had been on top of the coop the night before and a friend who was closing up the coop for the night found her, put a blanket on her (because the hen wouldn't let her...
Hi, I have seven ten day old chicks and and some of them have bare spots around their necks nd chests. I think they may be pecking at each other but we did some research and the most common response was that they were growing to fast for their feathers. I think I am going to try putting vinegar...
My chicks are two weeks old.They have been pecking at each others necks and chests and i don't know what to do. There are some bare spots on them were feathers should be. Thank you,Douza
I just purchased 7 baby chicks 3 Americaunas, 2 Easter Eggers , 1 Swedish and 1 Polish they appear to be from 2 days - 5 days old I'm a little concerned about the health of a couple of them they have reddish bare spots on the back of their necks no dermatitis but I believe from being pecked...