BACKGROUND: We currently have 50 Hens and 2 Roos. "Olaf" is a Blue Cochin/ RIR Roo we hatched and is the Coop Boss (and huge). "Willie" is a sweet (and badly bullied) Favorelle Roo that hides all the time from Olaf (and is missing his tail feathers because of that bullying from Olaf). Olaf is...
Can anyone help me? My chicken is listless, has loose, green stool and now I just found this spiral pattern on her skin. Any ideas what this spiral thing is - and/or what mght be wrong with my hen? Thank you.
HELP!!!!! My heart hurts tonight. We have a sick fluffy butt. Sheila, one of our Andalusians has poofy eyelids, bloodshot eyes, and when dabbed, bloody discharge coming from her eyes, droopy comb, runny stool. She's not eating or drinking either. Her breathing/respirations are fine. She's in the...
We adopted 3 hens from a local who needed to rehome them. Here is "Daffy", so named because when excited, she makes a duck noise. She is not a duck. She's a hen. But the former owners can't remember what kind of chicken she is. Does anyone have an idea what type of hen Daffy is? Bovans Nera ? Other?
This is Fred. He is a mix we received from a local farmer friend. They have a Salmon Fav. roo, Ameracauna roo. The hens they have are: ameraucana, PBR, white leghorn, Frizzles (black) and not sure what else. Any thoughts as to what Fred's combo breeds might be???? Although this photo...
Hello. I need some advice. We live in rural Nevada and it is the weekend. That means we have no access to a vet. While checking on the girls last night, I discovered one of our 7 1/2 month old Ameracaunas, Sadie, laboring to breathe and making a wheezing sound, I believe, on expiration only...
My husband and I are first time chicken owners, live in rural Nevada and have 12 - 6 month old pullets: 3 wht Orp, 3 BR, 3 RIR, 3 Australorp. 6 weeks ago we discovered one of our sweet Australorps, Doodle, to have a gash in her neck from pecking, and missing feathers from her neck. We put...
My husband and I are first time chicken owners, live in rural Nevada and have 12 - 6 month old pullets: 3 wht Orp, 3 BR, 3 RIR, 3 Australorp. 6 weeks ago we discovered one of our sweet Australorps, Doodle, to have a gash in her neck from pecking, and missing feathers from her neck. We put...