Yesterday all of our birds seemed fine. Today I went out to collect eggs and a few were sitting in the nesting boxes. I put my hands under their bottoms to feel for eggs like usual and when I did I realized that one of them was a 36 week old Wellsummer whose eyes were shut and there were no...
We managed to run a hawk off tonight but it got a good piece of one of our 1 year old Cochins. Tons of feathers everywhere and a bald spot on her back side/tail where most of them were yanked out. She has a little scratch back there but nothing major. I thought that was her only injury. She...
Hi all. Our flock of 15 had been battling something. Started w one bird sneezing and lethargic, spread to everyone. Gave electrolytes and vitamins in water with duramycin for 10 days. As of now all of the birds seem back to normal but one. This 1 year old Chanticleer was the last one to show...
Hi all. I have a flock of 9 girls - 2 barred rocks, 3 RIRs, 2 brown leghorns, one australorp and one bantam brown leghorn. They are all about 2 years old. They started laying really well again now that the days have gotten longer but every few days we find one of these very strange eggs...
After a long period of drama with my RIR posted under Sick Chickie on this board she is back to normal as far as eating/drinking/pooping but has developed a very swollen belly and blue tips of hercomb. She is also showing some labored breathing. All signs point to ascites and since she seems...
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Yesterday I noticed that one of my 2 year old RIR's had a lot of yellowish poop crusted up over her tail feathers. When I let the birds out she came out and pecked around but her energy level was definitely not up to normal and although she's been eating she isn't quite as crazy...
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Last night a guinea randomly showed up in our yard. It went into our chicken run and ate out of their feeder and tried to mingle with our girls however, it was short lived and quickly turned into lots of fighting. We ended up putting our girls in the run and locking the guinea out. The...