Emma is a little over a year old and recently got sick. She can only stand on one leg so most of the time she is sitting. The vet gave her some antibiotics so she is getting better each day but is still weak. Emma's mom is a busy, full-time working single parent with nineteen other hens and one...
I noticed #11 BR can't stand up this morning. She was lying in the middle of the coop while other hens pecked on her. I tried to push her but she fell righ away. I knew instantly something was wrong because last night was in single digit and I didn't put my small portable heater in the coop. So...
I have 18 laying hens and 4 nesting boxes for them. Somehow, they created a fifth nesting box under the horse I put in the pen for them. Yesterday when I got home after work, I found 9 eggs from their faviraite nesting box, the one under the horse, and 4 eggs (one each from two nesting boxes and...
I would greatly appreciate any help or advice to aid my sick bird.
She is a buttercup hen, approximately 6 months old. She lives in an outdoor henhouse with a flock of 22 chickens, including 1 rooster. We are located in the northeast, where there has been a sudden temperature drop recently (lows...
One of my BR laid an egg while she was up 8-feet high on the perch! It fell down and broke. After that, all the hens rushed to eat it, and she herself jumped down to join too. Has this happened to you?