I have new baby chicks and know about "pasty butt", but my chicks just have dried poops stuck to the butt, not blocking the vent. What is making their poop stick to them? I'm trying to to clean them as much to keep from stressing them out. They are 1 1/2 weeks old, inside the house with a heat...
My 9 month old hen has an area below her vent that is terribly hard, blackish, about the size of a golf ball. It's as if the tissue is dead or dying or some sort of mass. There is red viable tissue all the way around it. She is not yet laying and my vet says she is not egg bound but has never...
I had such great advise last time, here goes question #2. My first flock has adjusted to their new outdoor pen great (about 6 weeks ago). I still have 4 chicks inside (Australorp, 2 Silkies & a Sultan) that I have not yet moved out. These chicks were 3 weeks younger then the others so I kept...
Today is the first day my flock has left the house full time to their permanent outside house. I have a 6x8x14 portable coop on wheels that can be moved around our yard. The coop itself is elevated 3ft off the ground, all around the run is a 2foot paneled section with tin roof over the entire...