UPDATE: We took her to the vet and she got a clean bill of health. The vet said she likely either has a bad reaction to mosquitos or a cyst from an impacted follicle. We had the option to get a biopsy done, but she said to give it another couple weeks and maybe apply a warm compress to it once a...
Hi, all!
Today I noticed my barred rock had a weird wart looking thing on her wattle. My husband and I set her down to get a phone to take a picture and within a few minutes the dark scab had already fallen or been pecked off. I attached a photo of what it looks like. We put some iodine on it...
Hi there! I recently discovered one of our hens has a swollen wattle, or to be more specific the location in between her wattles. It wasn’t like this in the morning. She is acting normal and it doesn’t seem to impact her breathing. She’s not fiddling with it and it doesn’t feel like it’s full of...
This video makes her sound way quieter than it actually is. It also varies in pace-- sometimes much faster than this. As for her behavior... I think she is pretty normal outside of whatever this is and being a sort of loner. She dust bathes, scratches, walks around, sits in the shade, preens...
Thanks! And it was a total guess. She had a lot of treats the day before and we think she had some sort of fatty liver disease that is apparently common in heavier breeds like hers. When we found her the next day, she was still in the coop without any wounds and none of the shavings wer...
Always happy to share my boy! Here he is on his first birthday getting some pumpkin treats. It was also before a much-needed haircut! I'm also going to plug his insta account lolol! @black_iron_tarkus