I have 11 ducks and they are in with my chickens but all the ducks used to be in a group and now one of the older ones is never with them, she is always away from them, at night she goes in the house with the rest just fine. Is this anything to worry about or is this normal ? Any thought
I got this little girl about a week ago from the tractor supply... my heart was broken how bad she looked so I had to get her, I noticed her joints were swollen so I asked and I and was told it was a niacin deficiency, which I had heard about and I was certain it was that, I have been giving her...
The first picture was when I found her and the second is a week or so later, I got chicks and I had them in a brooder but I do not want too add them to my flock if they will make them sick, any ideas what it is ?
Is a swollen eye a big deal ? I used to have mycoplasma in my flock months ago and I got rid of my chickens and have them to a farmer and I disinfected and the coop sat for 3 weeks then I ended up building another coop on the other side of our property and I got chickens, it’s been like 18 weeks...
So about 20 weeks ago I got rid of my flock that I believe had mg, and I sprayed with bleached and washed out the coop and run, and about 3 weeks later I got chicks but I had built a seperate coop so I could expand and I had those in a different coop for about 14 weeks, I heard mycoplasma only...
The only 4 that are 14 weeks old were labeled as “black Asian pullets” I got them as day old chicks , there is one of them that squats down and spreads it’s wings out like i am her rooster
So I have about 80 chickens and most are 12 weeks but 4 are 14 going on 15 weeks old , I read that the earliest they would lay would be 18 weeks but today I found an egg on the floor of my coop , it is so small I have never seen one this small, I was thinking maybe a bird flew in but the only...
For a few days now my chicken has been unable to walk, and right as it happened I was googling and it said to check if they curl their toes when you bend their legs, she did but now she doesn’t, she is eating good and drinking, any ideas ?
I really hope it is not myosplasma, like 4 or 5 months ago I had a flock that got this and everyone said to cull them and I hated it and I gave them to a farmer I know who did it and I sanitized with bleach and I let it all sit for months and then I started a new flock and I really hope it’s not...