Hi everyone!
Just wanted to follow up and thank you again for all of your help with my broody Welsummer. I was relieved to hear she was just broody! Clearly the first in my flock to do this in this manner. I have great news: she has broken and is back to her normal self! We spent weeks removing...
Thank you for the reply. She stopped laying and her behavior changed well before I took away the barrel. The behavior started 6ish weeks ago which is also when the laying stopped. I only took the barrel away yesterday.
Hi faithful team,
I have a Welsummer who is a little over 1 year old. She is part of our full flock of 22 (3 roos, 19 hens) and has historically gotten along well with everyone, roosted in the coop at night, laid consistently. However, a couple months ago, she suddenly started sitting on top of...
Hi all, just wanted to provide an update: Olivia is doing well after the hawk attack. Thank you all for your quick and helpful advice! We cleaned her wound with warm soap and water and a little hydrogen peroxide, then coated the surrounding skin area with Neosporin. We ended up taking her to the...
Thank you so much! Any advice on how best to clean it or what to clean it with? I've been reading neosporin works. I also have hydrogen peroxide. It's just so so so deep and delicate pieces of her insides seem to be exposed, I don't want to do any further damage.
Help! One of my babies was attacked by a large hawk today and is severely injured (warning: graphic photos attached). I separated her from the flock and brought her in the house to recover. She is standing and pretty alert, and no blood is flowing out of her wounds, but they look deep and pretty...