Wish I had known how much I still loved chickens from when I was a little girl growing up on a ranch!! I would have gotten them MUCH sooner than 60 years old!!! :)
I'm in Georgia, and a red-tail killed 3 of my precious girls within the last 5 days. I have had chickens for a year and never had a problem with hawks, and now 2 chickens were killed in one day and one was killed this afternoon. It's heartbreaking when they are hand-raised and pets you adore...
I don't know what's wrong with your Americana and I am so sorry she is having a health issue. My favorite 9 month old Americana just started showing similar symptoms. She won't move around, puffed up, a little unbalanced, was laying daily until recently and keeps twisting her neck up like...