Bought a RIR on Saturday and she's on the small side.
Today she's very weak, Wings dropped, not eating well, cold, she is now drinking after I gave her some yogurt, water and pellets from the electrolyte pack i have. I've been holding her all day, she wants to be in the midst of the other 4...
Cleaned it well today and tonight there isn't any poop collecting there. She's acting completely normal and active and eating. I'm happy she's doing good.
Hi everyone,
Have a chick I purchased from tractor supply on Saturday and noticed yesterday that it was having poop stick to its feathers around its vent and lower abdomen. Today I washed the area gently to clean away the poop and found a very small hole in her abdomen and poop does come out...
Want to give an update from my observations today.
Thank you everyone for your help and interest in our rescue flock. I've come to give our little hen with the beak malformation/injury a name, Little Lady since she has endured so much but overcome her situation.
I've seen her eat the...
We have a coop we will be assembling out in our yard. And will be building a raised coop that we will be able to run electrical to so if we have to heat it in the winter we can do so.
I agree with your opinion, and just wondering if she were anesthetized could the base of her beak be sewn or wired together and if so would that encourage the beak to grow out, as well as encourage formation and growth of normal healthy beak? To me it looks as though there is a piece of her beak...
They weren't feeding them. They were just letting them roam free to eat whatever. Luckily we live in the country and here in the south there is an abundance of bugs year round. I never knew they did this to their flocks until a week ago when the rooster followed me and my grandsons from the...
Thank you everyone for your response, I'm going to be watching her more closely and handling her more as the days go on. My son and I really can't tell if it's a deformity or an old injury and I agree at the confluence of the lower beak we couldn't be sure if it's old blood or mud. Just wanted...
Rescued a Rhode Island Red girl from our next door neighbor who released their flock to be eaten by the coyotes. Well to say the least I had to play nice, but this is so angering.
I'm attaching pictures of Little Lady's beak. I could go on about these 3 chicken but for now I'll stick to...