Hi!
So we have 2 chickens (out of 6) with bumblefoot on both feet, 1 chicken has both feet significantly swollen, the other has 1 swollen and 1 foot with a little swelling. We've been treating with Ichthammol and Vetericyn and wrapping every day for the past 5 days, and soaking in epsom salts...
We may have to put a chicken down which just leaves us with one Buff Orpington. We're going on vacation for 4 days and when we get back we'll get 4 more. The remaining one always got lonely when the one we may have to put down was laying eggs (bum leg, she's at the vet now) so I'm not sure how...
So we have 2 (one year olds) chickens (Wyandotte and BO) and are going to add 3 (easter eggers) more because we have plenty of space in the coop and the run (12X6).
I've been reading threads on merging flocks so I'm thinking of putting the new 3 on one side of the run without the coop (it will...
Dot lives with another chicken (we had 2 die off a few months ago, going to get more in the next few weeks) and a few weeks ago, she developed this bald spot which has been getting progressively balder. I think it's the other chicken picking at her when Dot is dust bathing. I've put the no...
We have 3 hens about 8 months old, the Buff Orpington (Short Stack) started limping about a month ago. She used to run everywhere with the other chickens but started to slow down because it's like her right leg kind of buckled underneath her. So she stopped running and just kind of plodded...