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Just an update, everyone looks great now. The hen who was blinded by the scabs eventually healed and now you can't tell anything was ever wrong with them. Thanks for all the input!

Well one of them is recovering and doing really well but the other ended up with those wart like growths covering her eyes so she couldn't open them. I would clean them out and put some ointment in there and then hold her in front of the food and water so she wouldn't starve. Now her eyes are...

What am I dealing with here? At first they seemed to be getting better. Their poop is totally normal looking, they eat and are very active. Their caruncles were all black and scabby, now they have yellow scabs around them and seem more swollen. One of their eyes has swollen caruncles around it...

I rescued a couple of Narragansetts yesterday and they look really rough. They were kept in a tiny muddy pen with some chickens and ducks. They are supposed to be four months old. One is maybe four pounds and the other maybe six. Their caruncles are all scabby (from being pecked by the...

I don't know...it has pretty fluffy feathers. My red had close fitting feathers.

oh and I think she is about 5-6 wks.

He had ordered a mix of chicks from a hatchery but they were all pure bred. He said he had buff orpingtons, production reds, and some others he couldn't remember in the mix. This chick has a single comb, yellow legs, and really loose feathering that is reddish/buffish. There are some dark...

Hi I got this chick a couple of weeks ago. Any ideas what he/she might be? The guy I got her from thought she might be a buff orpington. Thanks! Jen