HELP!
My sweet hen Martina is almost a year old- and started limping out of nowhere. I am so worried about her!
Normal poo, eating fine. Her thigh feels fine.. there are some blue/green spots on her leg- could be bruising?
The flock gets poultry cell, good organic food, oatmeal w/cranberries...
Today our 4 month/16week Easter egger named Reba was getting bullied by our little saramas… she was moaning and panting with a loud chirp every few Seconds. We think she is in pain. Worried about trauma, long Straw she ate, ants in coop… possible respiratory distress. Her crop seems fine/not...
My favorite 2 little hatched silkie chick keeps wobbling his/her head, another one is cocking its head sideways.
My neighbors had me get a selenium/vit e supplement and poly-vi-sol infant vitamins.
We are dropping 2 drops twice a day on their beaks for the to swallow, and mixing the selenium...
We have hatched 5 silkies and 5 purchase 5 others- they are 3 weeks old now. We built an 8x16 coop, and are considering sand or deep bedding. We do love to compost and our priorities are HAPPY CHICKENS, low odor and low maintenance. The average temp now is H90ºF/L66ºF but summer temps are up to...
Please forgive my novice, and no doubt various mistakes.
7 quail eggs in my planter and mom disappeared.. so my neighbor lent us her incubator. (We cleaned and thoroughly rinsed).
Humidity has stayed pretty much at 60% the whole time (as an app advised) and temp at 99°- purchased digital...