What is causing this? Comb is pale with two black spots. One looks like a scab. Then she has this thing in her beak. I wormed the whole flick yesterday.
Well one of the silkies was quarantined for a while and we kept getting a small egg daily. The red was a similar situation. Seams odd they alternated. Possible though. We've introduced new birds to the flock in the last two week so I'm not suppressed they aren't laying. I'm a nervy so what I...
So I've got two bantom silkies and two Rhode Island reds. They are all about two years old. One of each bread is laying. The other two nothing. What's up with his?
Thanks, we live in Birmingham and yes we are dog people. After we recently lost two of our best dogs ever after 15+ years we now have a one year old AussieDoodle (not my idea but she's great) I've taught her to heard the chickens.
I've been around chickens a little bit but having my own flock is something else. We acquired our first chicks from chance. Thanks to mess up in shipping from a hatchery we rescued an order of bantom silkies and ended up with 5 silkies to start with. 3 of them turned out the be Roos so they...
I have a similar issue with one on my Rhode Island reds. I've been following this post all day In hopes to get home to treat her. Unfortunately she didn't make it. Should I start a new post? I'm concerned with Meraks but I've read her symptoms could be any number of things. I'm new to chickens...