Just an update, she’s healing up perfect and her sisters have not bothered her since the we put her back into the coop. Still not sure what could’ve happened but from observing them over the past few days I don’t think it was one of them that did it to her. Very happy it wasn’t a worse injury...
So now I have a bigger problem. I have to leave on a work trip for the next 2 days and my fiancé will be away for the same 2 days as well. The other 2 hens won’t quite pecking at her head. I have no idea what to do. There’s no where else I can separate her too besides a crate and no one that can...
Thank you all for replying! This morning my fiancé and I wrapped her in a towel and he snipped the dangling part off. She bled a bit, I didn’t have anything on hand to stop it with so we just applied pressure with a paper towel. Sprayed some more of the veterycin on it and then put a thin layer...
Hi guys, just went outside after work to find my legbar pullet like this. I have no idea what happened but I’m assuming one of her sisters did it. I already sprayed it down with antimicrobial poultry care but I don’t know what else to do for her. She’s acting normal besides it hanging down like...
Awesome! Like I said before, it doesn't really matter to me. My MIL seems to think the earliest they will lay is 9 months old but should be a year. I was like uhhh I don't think that's right lol.
Hello all! I have 3 pullets that are 17 weeks old and am wondering if they’re getting close to laying. I’ll preface by saying it doesn’t really matter to me when they lay, I’m just curious if I’m reading the signs right. While I haven’t checked their vents yet, I’ve noticed someone’s been in the...