It seems like it was the upper front portion of her beak? I’m sorry these pictures suck — its such an awkward perspective to try and take a picture of.
(Sorry those pictures are awful lol i feel like you can see a sort of jagged-ish edge on the top left beak? Like something detached there? For the life of me I can’t see anything in there and there’s thankfully no bleeding but SOMETHING that wasn’t supposed to pop out definitely did)
I don’t — I honestly can’t even get in there to see what the heck happened. She isn’t bleeding, she doesn’t appear to be in pain but its definitely bugging her, and she’s a little…drooly? For lack of a better description? It was definitely some part of her inner beak but as quick as it was...
I’m not sure how else to explain this — my twelve year old hen (who now lives in the house with us) has been clearly irritated by something in and/or around her beak. She’s been inside for nearly a year, super active, eats well, etc.
I’ve tried to look and see if theres anything there to...
After a week of the entire family being debilitated by a super nasty stomach bug, I went out to grab the eggs I hadn't gotten in about four days. No surprise, one or two had broken and there is yolk all over the rest of them. How should I go about cleaning this off?
Also, what do you think the...
I've gone out and had a better look in the daylight - theres blood but not a puddle - more a small spot of it. Her vent is bloody but not profusely bloody. I can't really tell what happened. One hen has a little bit of blood on her head, but not a ton. From what I can see, she was hiding under...
Please bear with me, I really need some advice. There's a lengthy back story, but if necessary, please skip ahead to the end and let me know what you think.
Let me preface this by saying that my chickens are my pets and not a source of food for us, so culling them just isn't something I'm...
Hi - just wanted to see if you ever figured out what was going on - I have a hen doing something like this. I'm pretty sure she's upset after a stressful incident with another hen but I'm still curious.
Okay now I've come to the conclusion that she's looking for me, lol. I brought her in, dried her off, and went out to create an extra shelter. Put her in there and what did she do? Walk back out and stand near me in the rain. I moved to the other side of the run and she followed. I had to crawl...
My only concern today is that it's pouring out and she's apparently been forced away from shelter because she looks like a drowned rat. Theyre always out in the rain and she's usually a bit damp but this time she's sopping wet :( I realize that chickens get rained on and its 40 out today so...