Hey guys! I went into my coop yesterday and one of my hen’s feathers are all over the coop! She has patches of feathers missing on her neck, back, both wings, and her tail. I picked her up and I can see that the feathers weren’t ripped out by anything and they’re just falling out. When I carried...
The doctors said there were multiple tumors in her liver, proventriculus, kidneys, and heart. It was most definitely Marek's Disease. There was also a very large mass of roundworms blocking part of her intestines.
Marek's Disease is a virus, but we've been giving our chickens antibiotics to try...
Hey everyone,
I have five budgies and really need to train them but I can't find anything online for "How to train five budgies who won't even come near you."
One of them is about 5 months, two are about 3 months, and two are about 1 month. One of my one month year olds has recently had a leg...
I honestly don’t think the food we feed them had to do with it, because we’ve been feeding my chickens the same food for years. It’s the Purina Layena Plus Omega-3. We give them fresh fruits and vegetables every other day too.
We found someone to get her to to do the necropsy tomorrow.
One of my chickens unexpectedly died today. We’re worried for the rest of the flock and would like to know why she died.
She’s a buff orphington.
I’m assuming we’re going to have to find a place to perform a necropsy. What do I need to do with her body in the mean time since it’s night and I...
Hey guys, I got four chickens yesterday at this somewhat sketchy place, but anyway, the man we bought them from told us they were pullets, which is what we wanted. We were expecting them to be much older so we would KNOW that they were girls, but they're way younger than we expected.
Could you...