She wasn’t pecked (she’s been on her own for a bit because she had a foot injury that’s been troublesome to heal up), she could have been stung (it’s the middle of summer in Texas... there’s a LOT of bugs), and I’m pretty sure it’s not fowl pox. I hope it’s not a respiratory infection, but it’s...
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Today I noticed a small, pinkish lump on one of my hens’ eyes. It’s only on her right eye and none of my other birds have it. There’s no bubbling coming from the eye, nor is there any gunk coming from it. I haven’t noticed any unusual behavior from her and it’s definitely not a result of...
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So, today I was cleaning the coops and after I finished, I noticed one of my hens’ poops looked like this: The thing is, she has been separated for a while now due to other reasons and I’m almost 100% sure no parasites were in her poo earlier today. Does anyone know what these...
Yup. I’ve become a master at wrapping their feet haha. I guess it may not be completely healed when I think it is, so I’ll have to keep them wrapped longer
I’ll look into those. I don’t have pics of the bumblefoot, but I do have pics of the coop/run:(It may not seem like there’s enough ventilation from this pic, but there is, also, sorry the walls are dirty, oops) Their run isn’t very large, but we can’t let them free roam, and by city ordinances...
I don’t think so, because when we redid the coop, we lowered the bars, made sure the entrance/exit was low enough, and there’s plenty of hay in there to soften their landing
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So, I’ve had my chickens for just over a year and we’ve almost always had a bumblefoot issue. I’ve posted about it before and ended up scrapping the old coop and making a new one. The new one is bigger and has a solid floor (the main difference). This new one has been around for a few...