We lost her. She passed and then the following week another hen was stricken by fly strike as well. I soaked and dried- got maggots off her. But she passed the following day. Each one was struck on their bottoms. I have 2 more girls- they are ok for now- clean bottoms, and I’m keeping an eye on...
A few weeks back one of girls was fluffed up and crouched in my flower bed. I picked up and found maggots under her vent. I soaked her in Epsom salt- used vetermycin and quarantined her and she perked up.
Fast forward a week later, I found another bird lying dead in the coop that showed no...
I’m new to being a chicken mama. We asked for 4 of the Rhode Island reds and 2 of the yellow, which the lady said they were ...? rocks. Their breed has been a mystery, they are so sweet and very chill. The RIR ones all turned out to be roosters. Well, there is one still in question, doesn’t...
Hi All, attaching photos of my sweet gals.. they certainly have the personalities of a golden comet. When we bought them from TSC we were told they were something Rock... ? I have narrowed my search to Golden comet, New Hampshire red or sex links. What do you think?