Hi there,
I have a gold sex link hen who is about 3.5 years old. I noticed her acting off in December of last year she was standing more upright than the other birds, comb flopped over and was just generally off. Her abdomen felt swollen, like a too full beach ball and it affected the structure...
Hey ladies! So one of the hens in my flock developed a sort of thin spot in her feathers and I'm not sure what happening here. It's not completely bald but came on suddenly and has been this way for a few months. I don't see any mites but she does have a scab in one spot that looks like it's...
Hey yall! I have 8 RIR and 2 Gold sex link hens that are about 8 months old now and have been laying for a while now. I'm still getting a ton of meat spots and blood spots in the eggs. I'd say about 60% of the eggs have some sort of blood related defect. Is that normal? It's getting to a point...
I was just wondering what yall use to give eggs to family/neighbors. I have given away all of the egg cartons we had saved up before our girls started laying and really don't want to buy more just to fill and give away. We don't have chickens to make money but I also don't want to spend anymore...
I'm having to clip my birds wings once a month or else they decide to hop over my fence. Is that normal? Am I doing something wrong when I clip them? I've been alternating wings each month should I be sticking with just one wing?
Any advise would be helpful. I have 13 RIR hens that are a...
I've got 13 hens all of which have been bright red in thier combs and wattles for about 2 weeks now. They've been squatting for me and a couple of them even squatting for my rooster for the better part of a week and still NOTHING! No eggs...ugh. I live in Texas and it's been in the upper 90s...
I've got 13 hens all of which have been brought red in there comes and wattles for about 2 weeks now. They've been squatting and a couple of them even squatting for my rooster for the better part of a week and still NOTHING! No eggs...ugh. I live in Texas and it's been in the upper 90s with heat...
18 weeks old buff orpington and I just can't decide if it's a he or a she. I have another BO that crows all the time and is clearly a rooster, this one doesn't say a word but will try to jump on my RIR girls every now and then. What do you guys think?
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I have 14 hens (rir and gokd sex links) and 1 rooster (BO) that I raised from chicks. They are about 18 weeks old now and havent started laying yet though a few girls are getting nice and red in the face and comb. Today I caught my rooster breeding one of my Rhode islands so I was wondering...
Just wondering if anyone can guess what gender this bird is. He/she is about 7 weeks old now and is the bigger than all of my other birds. It also started to get red in the comb and wattles earlier than my other birds. Is it a rooster?
Thanks!
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I have 3 chicks that are quite a bit bigger than my other 12 so I am wondering if they maybe are just older than we think? Or do I have 3 rooster on my hands?
Bird #1 Gold Sex linked supposedly 4w old
Bird #2 Rhode Island red supposed to be 4w old
Bird #3 gold sex linked 4w old
Any...