I just noticed that she seemed to have a beef with another hen and they peck each other quite violently. I got a bruise from trying to separate them and i noticed her comb is bleeding quite badly. I live in a tropical climate so i doubt it's due to the cold. Do you think it was a scar from a...
Hi everyone, i have been observing my hen's comb turning from normal red comb into something like this since she raised her first egg clutch (now pullets), can anyone tell me if it's normal or if it's a specific disease i should cure? also is this infectious? can i handle it bare hand? Thank you!
I thought air cells are supposed to be brighter when you candle them? This one gets darker, plus it's skewed to the side not at the bottom like normal air cells
Hello seasoned chicken raiser,
I'm hatching my first clutch of egg and found that a newly laid egg has a grey circle near the air sac (rounder end) but not exactly at the base of the egg a bit skewed like the drawing i added. It looks like a darker circle that is definitely not a yolk because...
Sadly I don't live in the US, I called at least 15 vets today with only 1 who can do it and that's what he told me. It's really that costly here i guess :( I believe it's likely under demand because a lot of home breeders think it's a curable disease.
Even then, do you think it even make any...
Hi everyone,
I just got my first Leghorn pullet, two months old, arriving yesterday evening. The moment I took her out of the box, I noticed raspiness in her chirps as if she has a phlegmy throat as well as similiar sound from her chest, like a vibration.
I would describe it as a snotty nose...