Update: She isn't exhibiting the neck swinging..snaking..spasms today..(I don't know a good word to describe it). I sincerely thought I'd find her passed this morning but she greeted me at the door waiting to be let out. She is drinking water and today I see her attempting to forage, picking...
I rescued an Aracauna from being bullied by 3 other birds. When I picked her up she seemed to be vomiting and her crop was very swollen. I emptied the crop to try to give her relief. It was a green colored liquid with some grain but mostly liquid. I secluded her from the others, gave her...
Our chickens are kept in a coop we built inside a barn. They're allowed to free roam during the day and closed up at sunset.
Yesterday, We lost our first chicken but have no idea what the predator could be. The hen simply disappeared. We have 14 chickens in all, (2 roosters, 12 hens). They...