Had a chick hatch yesterday that had a hole in her abdomen through which an inch of what looked like intestine was protruding. It was oozing blood and greenish stuff. It also appeared that there was blood oozing into the area under the skin in her abdomen. Her feet were very awkward - not...
Hi All; hopefully someone can help me out. I set 13 eggs on Feb 13. Yesterday one worked for just about 20 hours to get out. She got a good hole with her little face poked out, breathing and chirping energetically. She turned herself around and died. I opened the shell this morning and she was...
Went out to the coop yesterday at dinner time and found three leghorns and one old lady speckled Sussex missing. No evidence at all of struggle except the red Velcro leg band from one of the leghorns lying in the run - still in the closed position. We're in Upstate NY and there was absolutely no...
Hoping someone can help with this. I have two 5 month-old leghorn roos that are trying to - well - they seem to be trying to kill my 5 month-old cochin pullet. I almost made them into soup this weekend, but thought I'd better straighten out and find out what's going on first. I have a total of...
I have a four month-old cochin who just stopped walking on Friday. Found her under the coop, she couldn't come out. I pulled her out with a rake and isolated her for the night. Since then I've discovered that she can't walk or stand. Her legs don't seem to work. So now I have a lovely slacker...
Good afternoon! I've been a site-stalker to Backyard Chicken for about three months now and love it. Finally decided I've read enough to be just a little dangerous, so am now joining the site. This spring, I was lucky enough to inherit 6 three year-old chickens from a friend, and in May I went...