Hi! I noticed a week ago a black looking scab on my hen’s ear. It has since grown what looks like a white bump underneath. Sort of like a pimple. Can anyone advise what to do?? I’m trying to just leave alone and observe her behavior to see if it bothers her, which it doesn’t seem to have...
Hi there. Woke up to bloody poops in the brooder and a clearly unwell chick. She is isolating, fluffed up, and even though she doesn’t have a red comb yet, her comb and face seem pale (not the usual vibrant yellow color). She is on a medicated chick feed, so is it possible she has coccidiosis...
I don’t, actually. It looks like maybe a birth defect or more likely, an animal attack. The lame leg is bent at a strange angle and has a knot at the joint. The foot of the useful leg has toes that go in all the wrong directions. She gets around ok, but we have to manually help her into the coop...
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I adopted a disabled hen 6 months ago (no idea of her age) and she’s always had labored breathing, in addition to only 1 usable leg. Nothing contagious because all our other birds are fine. Today I noticed her membranes on her face have all swollen up, the eye on one side, her comb...
Hatched on our homestead, hand fed and raised with tons of love. He needs a flock of his own girls, and unfortunately I can’t have roosters in our township. He’s an Ameraucana/ Rhose Island Red mix. Got the eggs from Middleton Place to incubate. I’m willing to drive up to 4 hours to rehome him...
Good morning! I happened upon a few rescue hens from a local plantation I worked at part time. One is a white Silkie and the other a one-legged Dominique. Both are bonded and incredibly sweet. We thought the Dominique was past egg laying years as I had never seen her nest, but she recently...