I have one blue orpington & 3 leghorn mix roosters available for free to a good home. I live in the Santa Cruz mountains (Scotts Valley) and would be willing to drive them to the Santa Cruz area or into San Jose. I will not ship them.
All have been hand raised and are friendly. Thanks for...
My orpington hen was attacked by a bobcat Sunday and it left a large wound along her neck/shoulder area 6" x 3". I have been flushing it 2x daily with chlorohexidine and applying Veterycin. I started 0.7 cc injections of Penicillin-G last night (24 hrs after she was attacked) and she just had...
I have a hen that was attacked by a bobcat yesterday, she has a large wound on her neck about 7" x 3". I cleaned it last night per the directions listed in post #6 of this thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/723550/large-flesh-wound-new-pictures-added
However those directions suggest...
I need help trying to identify what this mass is outside the chick's body. It was malpositioned and I removed the membrane and shell so it could get out, but it has a large mass connected to its bumm. I do not know if this is unabsorbed yolk or some deformity. Please advise!!!
I have been a lurker on this forum for the past 2 years and couldn't get chickens because they were not allowed under our previous home's HOA. But NOW... we have moved and NO HOA!!! So I can finally get my birdies!!! We are on a super budget so the coop and birds needed to be cheap. I put an...