17 week old bantam, Black Beauty. I found her lying on her side in coop, I thought she had been attacked by the older chickens, took her to vet, and although it is not definitive, it does look like Mareks. IS IT AT ALL TRANSFERABLE TO HUMANS??? They want me to keep her indoors, but I do have two...
We have 4 hens and 2 roos that are exactly 1 year old, we are trying to introduce 6 new 17 week olds. The older girls are 3 Rhode Island Reds and 1 Black Sex Link. THe BSL is adorable and not the least bit aggressive with the babies, but those darn RIRs are stinkers and wont leave them alone. In...
Help, I have 4 hens and 2 roosters (we used to have 13 total chickens but some evil loose dogs attacked and killed 7 of our babies in one fell swoop:(
anyway, one hen is loosing feathers on her head ( I initially thought she was sick, but am now guessing that our big rooster is pecking them out...