Hi all,
Today, I noticed that our favorite hen has a discolored comb with some what on it, as well as black spots. Could this be a fungal infection?
Thank you so much for any and all advice! (I called an exotic vet who sees chickens, but they have no appointments until next week... So if there...
Hi all, first time chicken owner here. I noticed one of my hens limping when she runs (she walks normally.) When I first checked her feet, they looked fine, so I thought perhaps she is just not-so-coordinated when she runs. But I checked again yesterday, and her foot clearly has something going...
I hope this is the correct place to ask this question. I have 10 young pullets, and two of them (my white rock and my barred rock) starting laying recently! Yay!! As far as I can tell, the white rock has produced three small, but otherwise perfect, eggs. On two occasions, however, I found...
Hi everyone,
I am a new chick mom, and another thread about late-feathers got me looking pretty closely at one of my own. I have 10 two week old chicks of multiple breeds: RIR, ameracauna, speckled Sussex, barred rock, white rock, and buff orpingtons.
The barred rock is looking much less...
Hi all, I'm a new chick owner, and I am just asking this because I'm curious-- I'm hoping some more experienced folks can shed some light.
I just had 10 day old chicks arrive on Thursday. As a new chick mom, I've been paranoid about the correct temperature for them. I know it's supposed to be...
Hi all, I'm a new member and fairly new chicken owner. We'll be getting 10 day day old chicks later this week--- the kids and I are pretty excited.
We started out with a few adult birds this summer, and we let them free range for part of the day. Unfortunately, we had some predator issues. I...