I have never seen them pick on each other, the large Americana is a bit of a bully. However, have not seen her pick on the other. The other does seem to be missing feathers on her belly. Today she fell in the pool, i retrieved her and towel dried her. Put A&D ointment on her neck and a bit...
One of my girls is pecking the feathers off of the others neck. I have not seen her do it, but I cannot figure out what else it could be. When the large white one was brooding the others feathers started coming back. I have checked for mites and even treated her with DE but that has not...
Great help, thanks so much. I was able to get her out roaming the yard with her buddy, but back to the nesting box, and there she sits. I have golf balls in the nesting boxes so I will take them out and then hopefully she will give up the brooding and go back to be the fun loving girl she was.
My large white Americana, is sitting in her nesting box and only came out for a short time last night, I don't see that she has been eating or drinking. The other girl is out running around the yard having a great time. Which is what the white one loves to do also. Could she be egg bound...
My girl was under a year old. I had dusted her with DE and the coop. My concern is she would not walk, the other chickens were enjoying running around the yard and she just stood there looking out, making noises. She has an appetite. I wonder if she could have been egg bound because I. Don't...
One of our chickens stopped eating for about a day. She die not want to move. She stayed in one spot and had diarrhea. She died thim morning. My two other chickens looked fine today. Does aanyone know what could have been wrong with her??