What is the best way to rid chickens of lice? Saw some crawling on eggs, so I decided to check a hen and she had a lot of clear looking bugs walking around...
We butchered some roosters we had and they had basically zero fat. Fully free range, so maybe that's the reason, but they were cochin / olive egger mix.
We were thinking maybe we should introduce a meat bird rooster with the layers since we don't want to have a completely separate flock of just...
I rescued this female duck. She was being abused by the two males. The owners only have two males and two females!
Anyways, she is unable to walk on her feet so she hobbles on her hocks, legs splayed and hocks very swollen. She is also missing feathers on her head, neck and body. Has a slightly...
My buff Orpington, approx 10 months old started to act a bit strange. I found her hiding and not with her flock and chicks per usual. We just lost a chick but unsure what happened to it. Probably a predator. My hens freely roam the acreage. I knew something was wrong then when she allowed me to...