Hi everyone,
My Clementina has had these annoying yellow lice for a month now, despite my bathing her, treating her with DE, clipping the affected areas. Now, she has small sores near her vent, due to the persistent lice. She's been weakened by it, and she is on a special diet with lots of...
I live in Portland, OR in an urban setting. My Enriqueta (my plymouth rock) was just killed by something (I think it was a cat) that broke her neck. We have had racoons but we have not seen them in a while. She was out with Florentina (my buff orpington), and something took her. We found her...
This week has been really intense for me and my girls. Sadly, I lot Clementine all of the sudden and I'm still quite in shock. I tried my best, but nothing I did seemed to help. I have decided to share some of my experiences. I also had to give my first chicken bath ever, and it was better than...
Today is the second day of hard breathing, here are the symptoms she is having, see if this is familiar:
1. She is breathing through her mouth. She started wheezing a little bit ago.
2. She has runny green and white droppings, but no traces of blood.
3. She shakes her head and tries to rub...
My Clementine has labored breathing. I removed her this morning from the rest and I brought her into the house. I placed some water and some food next to her and she drank a few times in the space of a two hours. Then I started noticing how her breathing was starting to become labored. I went to...
Hi,
I need some help here. I bought my three chickens around the same time.
I bought my three girls at the end of may when they were in theory 5 weeks old. I think they were born around May 5th? Anyhow, they weren't very different on size for a while, but I noticed my buffed was a little...
Hi Everyone,
I'm excited to be here. This is the first time I have chickens (except a long time ago, and that's another story). I have build my own chicken coop and run-tractor. I'm the proud owner of three girls since the end of may. Enriqueta (Harriet) is a Plymouth Rock. Clementina...