Thanks so much for the input. I did check out her foot but hadn't thought of a soak. Good idea. I ended up keeping her in the coop during the daytime when the other girls were free ranging just so she could rest that leg. Although their roost isn't very high, I took it out so she wouldn't be...
Hi chicken friends. One of my three Buff Orpingtons started to limp yesterday and it's worse today. She is just over a year old. She can walk, but hobbles, putting little weight on her left leg. Our 6 hens actively free range during the day but I saw her sitting down in the yard for a bit which...
Thanks so much for the reply. I called Southern States to double check the options and they carry Terra-Vet 10 which is Tetracycline. It's for "Chronic Respiratory Disease" although obviously I'm not sure what she has. Do you think switching her food from medicated chick crumbles to layer...
I have a 16 week old pullet that started sneezing about a week ago. The sneeze has become much more frequent and her poop is a little bit runny. From my online research it seems she has a respiratory infection although fortunately she doesn't have any of the more severe symptoms. There's no...
I'm a new chicken keeper and have 4 Silver Laced Black Wyandottes and 3 Buff Orpingtons that I hand raised. They are about 16 weeks old. One of the Wyandotte pullets seems to have something wrong with her back. The best way to describe it is chicken scoliosis although I'm pretty sure that's not...