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Hello BYC! My Ancona hen, Sergeant Pepper, has been fighting a case of Bumblefoot since last December. She’s about 18 months old. (That’s her in my profile pic at around 5 weeks; she’s my favorite!) For fear of causing more harm than good I opted to take her to a local avian vet to have the...

In early April one of my hens pecked off the top half of her toe. In May I posted here to ask for advice as the bone was still exposed. Here is a link to the original post with pictures of the toe’s condition at that time...

My name‘s Billy and I started keeping chickens last August. It’s the first time I’ve done it, and I’m having a blast. I have fourteen hens right now that I raised from chicks (they were 15 but one turned out to be a rooster and they‘re illegal where I live, unfortunately.) It’s a mixed flock...

I spotted the poop this morning in the coop. Three days ago one of my RIRs was acting a bit off (listless, self-isolating, not eating and scratching with the others), but she’s been fine and back to normal behavior the last two days. No idea which hen left this poop, and no one else has any...

Hello! Like the title says, about six weeks ago one of my French Black Copper Marans pecked the top half of her toe clean off. I’ve been keeping it clean and bandaged ever since. She never got infected and the toe stub looks fine, i.e. no swelling, no pus, no discoloration, full range of...