We have 4 unknown breed non-laying broiler hens. About 5 months old. We adopted them from my son's school after they were finished hatching them. They are very nice and friendly hens, just getting too big for our accommodations and we would like to get back to smaller laying breeds. Located in...
Ours eventually pulled through and is doing fine. Half the toe did eventually just fall off and she is just as happy and healthy as the rest of the flock. I don't know if the fact that we were feeding the chicks medicated feed for the first few weeks helped her through the infection, but as I...
I think this chick is going to pull through. The redness in her foot, which I assume was an infection, has gone away. She seems to be feeling much better and is no longer limping on the hurt foot. I assume she is going to eventually lose the tip of toe that was infected.
~Scott
Help!!! We just started with out first ever flock. Got 6 chicks about a week ago. The one chick had a red toe when we got it home and now it looks like it is getting pretty bad. She was pretty active until today. Now she kind just lays in the corner and the other chicks are starting to peck at...