Thank you (both) so much for your help. The contagious part concerns me. Do you think she is safe to be in with the rest of my girls? I have two roosters that have decided to terrorize everyone, so they are currently occupying my mini coop while we decide what to do with them (didn’t want...
She has always been behind the others developmentally and size wise, but the swollen legs, to be honest, I’m not sure how long that’s been going on. I don’t think it’s been very long though, or I would have noticed. I’m out there with them every day giving them fresh fruit and veggies. She is...
Thanks, I’ll have to look that up. She actually acts like a happy little bird, but I know they are good at hiding it when they are sick. I’ll have to see if we can find a vet in our area that works with chickens that doesn’t charge an arm and a leg.
I don’t know how long her legs have been that big, but I like to think it can’t have been very long, or I would have noticed. The strange part is she acts totally normal. She is still in there with the rest of them going for the daily fruit & veggies treats. She has always been behind the rest...
Hi, I have an assorted flock of 13 chickens, 3 of which are Cream Legbars. My flock is at the age that they are just starting to give us eggs over the past couple of week. Haven’t had any from them yet, but could be any day. This girl has always been smaller and more pale than the other two, but...
Hi, I’m Julie, I got my first chickens about four years ago when we lived in Maui and they were my first babies! My husband and I, along with our 2 dogs and 2 cats moved to Oregon several months ago and had to leave the chickens with a friend. We now have a new mixed flock of 13 that are just...