Posts by 4Him

Thank you so much for your input. The turkeys are Bourbon Reds.  I have 4 of them.  Two of them are for sure Tom's. The one that was attacked is a hen, and the third one is hard to say right now, could be a hen or a...

My little hen was attacked by the 2 Toms I have. They pecked her head up badly but also really hurt her nose cavities, literally crushing them in. She can't breathe through her nose, she's breathing through her mouth right now. I'm at...

From reading your forum I gathered that my flock of 38 has the dry version of fowl pox. However I am concerned for my rooster 'Big Red'.  He is literally loosing the points on his comb.  One by one they are disappearing. Can...

Thank you so much for the advice....it is truly appreciated.

My 7 month old hen had an infection in her foot. I read as much about it and treated it as bumble foot. Followed the procedure posted on your site. All was going well until I started to work on a part near her toenail. Cut open a vein...

Thank you so much for the advice...I'll start today.

My 7 month old Brahma is limping and standing on one leg. Examining her foot I can see that one of her toes is over double the normal size, warm to the touch, black spot on it, and instead of one long nail coming out the end of the...

I've noticed feathers missing on the back of my 7 month old Americana rooster. The feathers at the bottom of his back, right where the long tail feathers start.  Today the whole area was swollen and bleeding. He is in a large coop...

Thank you so much !

I'd like my hens to hatch and raise their chicks on their own but I'm not sure how that works. My young chickens are laying eggs but they're not staying on the eggs. They seem to lay them and then leave.  I've read a lot about...