That’s what I thought at first, but there is definitely fluid on the left side. And it’s still very swollen in the mornings even when her crop is empty..
I let one of my hens have a go at hatching eggs for the first time, and she managed one (she’s such a good mum!). For the most part I’ve been leaving her to do the work, but we have had a couple of problems.
The chick was born lame/limping badly. From what I can find out this was possibly to...
I’m not sure about one of my hens. She’s lost feathers, firstly because she was broody a couple of months ago and secondly we clipped her wings months ago. The other hen’s wing feathers have grown back and needed clipping again since, but her wing feathers and chest feathers haven’t returned...