We do not have a rooster. We will give her a second round as you recommended, I think what you said about over preening sounds like it very well may be the culprit.
She does molt but it’s always very light. Her left wing is somewhat scabbed over but the dark spot you are talking about almost...
One of our 3 year old hens has been losing feathers randomly for the past couple of months. We noticed the feathers on her back and top of her wings have been very “shallow” and short for a while now, but within the past few weeks it has gotten worse. We bathed her with epsom salt/dawn for...
One of my twelve girls has had an issue with constantly shaking her head/slinging discharge since she was fairly young. She is going on 3 years old and still seems to struggle with this issue, whereas the rest of the flock are all fine.
I know this can be caused by several different things, but...
I bought 2 chicks from the feed store to go along with my 2 chicks I ordered from MPC (2 out of 4 didn’t make it in the mail 😢). I typically try not purchase from feed store as they often end up being sexed wrong, but I wanted some that day so they would all be close to same size and age. These...
I apologize in advance as these aren’t very good pictures... I took them this afternoon while she was in the tractor and she would not stop scratching long enough for me to get a decent shot. Her comb appears to look normal to me.
I should also probably mention that I haven’t noticed runny...
One of our best layers has been going downhill rather quickly in the last few weeks. It all started with her losing her appetite, and then a short time later we noticed she was having constant diarrhea which was sticking to/obstructing her vent. My wife and I have dipped/bathed her clean a few...
We have only had chickens for a little over a year now and this is our first time to have had babies, I guess we didn’t realize it would disrupt the adults laying for this long and we got worried. Hopefully that’s all it is. Thanks for the reply!