Did you ever figure out what the problem was? It sounds like I’m having the same exact issue right now. Took my hen to the vet about a week ago and there is no egg so she isn’t egg bound. She’s waddling and using her wings to stay upright although she still loses her balance every once in a...
So one of the sweetest chickens I have has been losing feathers like crazy. She gets along with ALL my other chickens and the rooster rarely bothers her. They're all bantams so my rooster tends to go for my smaller chickens. At first I thought she was plucking her own feathers (maybe itching a...
My little girl looks the same but doesn't have any feathers on her little toes, can someone please explain this?? I'd really like to know what her breed is as she was a gift to me & my flock.
She's a bit shy and jumpy so it's hard to get any good pictures of her, she's about 6 months old and hasn't laid any eggs yet so the color is unknown. I'll try and post more pictures tomorrow, but she is all black, and her comb has a bit of red showing through the dark gray color.
So I have only one chicken that's younger than all the rest of my (8) chickens, so of course she gets pecked on and teased. But yesterday morning the other chickens pecked her head until she was bleeding pretty bad. I brought her inside and cleaned her up so the bleeding seems to have stopped...