Yeah I guess they're right. If it is scaly legs, the scales are lifting off of the feet and they are losing them, and have raw spots and such. I stick their feet in rubbing alcohol for a minute everyday for a while until you see that it is healing. My chicken had a mild case of them and this...
I hatched out chicks this year to find that one had a mangled leg. The chick was holding it out to the side and could or would not put it down on the ground. I looked at it closer to find what seemed like a scratch on the knee-thing, which is what I thought it was limping from. I cleansed it and...
My silkie mix has a spot on her far toe that is bleeding. It almost looks like it was recent, and as if one of the rosters tried to pluck the feather out. How do I treat it?
the toe closest to the camera is bleeding, but the blood is hidden by feathers. can I cut them if i wrap her toe?
The...
They are eight weeks and two days old. They all hatched in a period of one-two days so they are relatively the same age. In the pictures, Pretty boy's comb looks pinker than it actually is. It is super red.
Here is Pretty Boy's Photoshoot:
And Blaze's Photoshoot (ignore my face...
You can usually tell what gender of chickens you have from their behaviors. Roosters tend to be more dominant, and usually get their combs and wattles before the rest. It would help if there were some pictures!