I looked at pictures of bumblefoot but it's in the middle part of their foot not on their toe in the pictures I've seen. Can they get it on their toe? I just looks swollen now; I don't see any discolored areas where bacteria could be growing.
One of my Plymouth rock hens who is just over a year old has a swollen toe. The swelled area is near the base of the underside of her middle toe on her left foot. I noticed it yesterday because her left foot was sticking out a little too far like it was painful to stand on. She was also shaking...
I live in southwestern Pennsylvania, and my Plymouth rocks LOVE the snow... They run around eating it. They don't seem to enjoy hot weather but they've survived so far.
In our coop, we left a hole below the roosts, and made a frame with half inch slats to put in it. This way the poop falls down through. Beneath that, we made a drawer that we pull out ever 2-3 days and we use a shovel to scoop it out into a bucket.
I have what I thought was 12 standard-sized Plymouth rocks from Ideal Poultry which I received back in February, but they aren't even as tall as my knee yet. Are they bantams or do chickens just take longer than 10 months to reach full size?
I hate hawk attacks. -_- I remember once when my girls were really little I was squatting down in the outer run with my girls feeding them cantaloupe seeds when a hawk swooped down and tried to grab one of my pullets, but me jumping up startled it. Somehow one of my girls, Alaska, ended up...
How could he do that? I feel horrible when I accidentally hurt my birds and they make a noise that isn't normal. His poor hen must have squawked so loudly when he was doing that. What kind of "respected businessman" is he that he would do it again while his poor bird is in agony?