Recent content by TheBrownFamilyChickens

Reply to @centrarchid No, her wing wasn't ripped off, but lots of the feathers and some skin.

This isn't going to be any help. I'm just sorry to hear that. I lost chickens too unexpectedly.

Reply to @Birdie mom No, luckily it wasn't her rib. I'm pretty sure it was her wing bone. She's doing pretty good. Slow recovery, I guess as expected. The dogs came over again to get at the chickens again, luckily no one hurt that time. We talked to our neighbor and told him their dogs are not...

I'm not sure if you know this but: If there are two yolks in one egg, one yolk will out-compete the other. Also, usually, they both end up dying before hatch. There has never been recorded Siamese chicks ever hatched. But cool find! That's interesting. Give us updates!

Thank you, everyone, for the help! She is slowly healing. Every day, for an hour or 2, we have put her in our garden, (a fenced area) for her to get sunlight and all that stuff. We have put Vetericyn, Neosporin, and BLU-KOTE to the affected area. We've also given her a bath which we thought she...

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We have 3 chickens that live outside. They love to explore and always stay on our property. Our neighbor's dog has been coming over a lot lately. We were inside when I don't know how she knew, but my daughter rushed outside. I saw what was happening and we got the chicken that was being bitten...