Roo is crowing this am for the first time in 4-5 days and is alrert, eating and drinking. On eye looks better, the other worse, almost swollen shut--but on a good note, his poop looks great, which is good to know. I didn't know if he had diarrhea as well, but now that he's been separated, I...
Thankfully, he doesn't have any odor. I did check him over for lice and mites earlier today, but didn't see anything. However, he does have white flaky skin which I can see on his outside feathers sometimes, and he preens often, as do the new chickens. Is this a routine behavior of chickens...
Hello...we just got chickens a week or so ago, and would love some input about an issue we are already having. This roo just showed up at my brother's--and since were were on the verge of getting some pullets, and our coop was ready, I said we could take him in. He came with some black marks...