I'm hoping the pictures might help to explain the symptoms. When we resorted to taking one of the chickens to a vet we were given false hope and she was given antibiotics without our permission, meaning the eggs were then no longer edible.
In 27 May 2012 we homed three hens from a hatching...
Hi All,
I'm both new to gardening and chicken keeping. As we raised our three chicks from 10day old hatchlings, we've accumulated a great deal of their bedding and waste. We over filled a compost container and had to move to a pallet constructed box at the other end of the garden.
Whilst...
Hi All,
We left out three 8wk old chickens in their coop last week. One afternoon something spooked them (we think it was a neighbours cat from somewhere along the road). The chickens were scared and when we went to check on them, like we do every half hour they all had open sores on their...