Hi! I have a friend who just started her first flock. They are 4 weeks old. She has a Red Star with a beak that doesn't close properly. The top doesn't meet the bottom, it goes off to the side. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thankyou!
Hi! I have a friend who just started her first flock. They are 4 weeks old. She has a Red Star with a beak that doesn't close properly. The top doesn't meet the bottom, it goes off to the side. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thankyou!
Thankyou for your replies. They found the carcusses in the woods. We think it had to be a pack of something to take 9 at once. We're afraid to let our chix free range now.
My friend lost 9 chickens yesterday. They dissapeared with some feathers strewn about. One came back with a 3-4" oval area of skin missing below it's wing. She lives at the end of a cul-de-sac backed by state forest. What could have taken 9 chickens? Also, she just added roosters to her flock...
thank you so much for all of the input. I worked all weekend and never got a chance to reply but I cleaned his wattles and comb and applied some vaseline and "quarentined" him with some vitamin water and crumble. He is now much better, voice back and comb looking good. He had also had a...
I have a 3 month old rooster that started loosing his voice about 6 days ago. I noticed a chunk out of one wattle. Today I saw dried blood all over his comb. Any ideas? thank you.