Can someone give suggestions on how to care for this wound? I separated her when I first noticed it (it was much smaller then). Today her beak was bloody so I know she has been pecking at it and it looks much worse.
The ground my run is on has a lot of clay in it and after rain/snow it's a sticky, yucky mess. I've seen one run on here where they put down gravel, covered it with weed barrier (?) then covered it with sand. I was planning on doing that but then I started reading about the deep litter method...
Kinda new to chickens...permanent home and more space this time. The last time I had chickens we only got a couple of eggs from them before I had to find them new homes, that was about seven years ago. Today I have 5 baby chicks. I did have 6 but Little Peep died. It's been a week and I'm...
I brought home a silkie chick yesterday and today her eye looks like this. It did water a bit last night. I thought it was due to a wood shaving that poked her eye. I've rinsed it with warm water but I don't want to pick at it if it will hurt her. Help?