My hen has some white build up on at the base of feathers under her waddle. Texture of the substance in question feels like dried bits of paper towels.
Sorry to hear about your bird, I threw out as many frozen bottle of water as I could find in their favorite shaded spot and emptied my ice try in their water… this heat ain’t no joke.
I added some big fans outside where I wet the ground. flock sitter doesn’t appear to have sick birds. Some are exhibiting all the symptoms you mentioned and others are showing 1-2 of the symptoms.
Update this morning she’s completely laying on her side and when I walked by she flailed her legs and wings and went back to laying on her side, legs and wings out
I came back vacation and noticed some hens gurgling, sneezing, sleeping more, and eating less
I couldn’t bring all the sick ones I brought in the one in the worst shape imo
she does have what looks like a pimple on her waddle. I’ve got her in a tub with fresh water(electrolytes and...
I live in Texas and the summer is already horrible but I’ve noticed some of my chickens poop is looking weird. I’m not 100% if it’s from drinking a lot of water or maybe parasites. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Attached are pics of poop in question
i have laying hens and chicks around 15-17 weeks old i had both chick starter and layer feed out. i kept the layer feed where the hens tend to be and the chick starter where they tend to be at... recently the chicks quit eating the starter feed and only the layer feed (been going on for 3-4...
I believe it’s sour crop but I’m not 100% noticed my hen laying down with her eyes shut in the middle of the yard and looks like her vent is pulsing. I picked her up and foggy liquid came pouring out. Felt her crop and it feels inflated I can deflate by pressing on it and it reinflates...