Search results for query: *

  1. lonnaj

    serious head injury!!! What can I do?

    UPDATE! I took some photos and headed to my vet's office. Here's what he told me (maybe the advice will help someone else down the road)... Chickens have a very high metabolic temperature so they seldom suffer from surface bacterial infections. Use a non-sting spray-on bandage to cover the...
  2. lonnaj

    serious head injury!!! What can I do?

    Oh boy, I've got trouble. After about 2 weeks apart but visual to each other, I picked last night to introduce 2 young chickens (14 weeks) to by 2 existing hen (1.5 yrs). Under the cover of darkness, I put the new birds onto the roost in the coop with the door open to minimize any "encounters"...
  3. lonnaj

    rubbery egg mystery

    Hi, Everyone! I'm new to this forum and new to chicken husbandry. I have a small backyard flock of 5 hens. Three are a year old and two are about a year and a half old. They have all laid really well, even through our West Coast winter. In the last 2 or so months, I have found 3 rubbery eggs...
Back
Top Bottom