Recent content by Akchickenlova

She passed away Tuesday night. I don't think there was any way to help her. ):

Thank you for your help! The cats have killed two rats so far, and we're going to set traps to get rid of them before they cause any more trouble. I can't get any Blu-kote now, so hopefully Neosporin will work. Thanks again for the advice Katie&Abbie

I recently dusted all the chickens for lice, but its possible she could have a rat bite or maybe scratched herself. I know there is a rat living around the chicken house that we haven't caught yet. If it is a rat bite, what could I put on it to help it heal?

She has three chicks that are one month old that she hatched out, so we've had her separated from the rest of the flock for about five weeks. I'm not sure what could've bitten her. Do I need to separate her from her chicks, in case its something contagious? And I've been researching what might...

My one- year old hen has two large knots on her neck that I discovered two days ago. They have a scab in the middle of them, and they aren't oozing or anything. She can't walk very easily and loses her balance, and she twists her neck around and shakes her head when she tries to eat. I haven't...

From the way she is acting, it sounds like she might have sour crop. (A chicken's crop is the sac- like organ they have at the base of their neck where they store food) You can tell she has sour crop if her breath smells bad, and her crop feels hard and swollen. I think this link can help you...

Does anyone know what these bumps are? There are two of them, side by side. I found them today on the side of my one- year old hens neck. She is walking around slowly, shaking her head, and having trouble keeping her balance. Katie&Abbie

Im not sure what could've bitten her, but thats kind of what it looked like at first. I think its something else though, but thanks anyways for helping :)

Today, I found my one-year-old hen sitting alone in the corner while everyone else was eating. She moved really slowly when I went to pick her up, and she kept shaking her head. I found two large bumps on the side of her neck. They were side by side, and they were pink with a black dot in the...