I have a two year old production red hen named Clara who's sick. ): She lives in a free range backyard flock with five other hens of various breeds. We live in Phoenix and it is July so the weather is very hot and dry except for humidity and rain two days ago. I regularly change and put ice in...
I have had very bad luck with chicks lately. On May 2nd we got three chicks of varying breeds and the littlest one soon developed some respiratory issues which included a lot of productive sneezing, gasping, and a very stuffed up sounding chirp. I didn't think she'd make it but after several...
We got her when she was just a black fuzz-ball at a feed store, they told us she was a barred rock but she obviously isn't. Has a white/grey belly and throat and no sign of comb or wattle. That crazy little mowhawk gets bigger everyday. You can't tell by the photo but her wings are very large...