Update #2
I finally managed to find a vet who is accepts chickens!!! It took a long time as a lot of vets have stopped seeing them since bird flu has become more prevalent. I have an appointment with them tomorrow, hopefully my hen can hold out till then.
Thank you soooo much for all the...
I've been keeping in touch with them throughout this ordeal, but unfortunately they don't seem to care. We called him to inform him about his dead hen and his response was along the lines of "It's alright and it happens sometimes." He also seems to believe that only one of his hens was sick...
So an unfortunate update. We have at least 2 new hens who got sick as well and are also being quarantined. Our hen who first got sick is now no longer eating and is more lethargic. Also this morning we saw that one of his newly bought hens was dead in his chicken run...
I'm going to be calling...
Our chickens are typically about 2ft apart, but sometimes he lets them free range and they come right up to my fence and interact with our chickens through the fence. He raised a batch of chicks, which are about 3-4 months old, and I think the new adult hens have been here for ~1.5 months. Some...
Hello! I'm in desperate need of advice what to do in my situation.
My immediate issue is that one of my hens has developed some sort of respiratory illness and I have never dealt with that before. I'd greatly appreciate advice on how to treat her. So far I've quarantined her from the rest and...
Hens go broody when you don’t want them to… and won’t go broody when you do.