I have this hen with an injury to her nail, the nail is bent to the side. She doesn't want to walk on it and when she does I can tell she is in pain. The foot looks healthy except for some swelling of that toe. I removed her and have her in a dog crate in the garage right now. Can anyone give...
Sorry if this is on the wrong board, I posted on the disease, injury board but no answer yet. We got our already laying hens in May. I did look up photos of molting chickens but I am still not sure. Our Australorp had lice that were treated multiple times and are have been gone for awhile. She...
Sorry if this seems like a dumb question. We just got our 4 hens in May so we are new to chicken keeping. All of the hens were newly laying when I bought them and I noticed the black Australorp had poultry lice after getting them. She had lost some feathers in the vent area due to the lice...
Hi, my name is Erin. I have been lurking for a little while on BYC, we have had our 4 hens for almost 2 months. I just love these girls, my husband is currently working on a new coop so that I can get more! I look forward to being part of your chicken community and making new friends. I...
Hello, I am new to keeping chickens and to BYC. We got our 4 hens almost two months ago, we have a small prefab coop set up in a 10x10 chainlink dog kennel. The girls free range from about 7 am to 8 or 9 pm, but I know the free range time will be much shorter during winter as we do live in...