Hey flock-
I have started to get frustrated and question my chicken raising skills. I have 40 hens and 2 roosters living on 4 acres of lush pasture. They have a outdoor barn stall they sleep in at night, but otherwise they free range all day. It seems like every other week someone is sick and...
I searched through a lot of posts for answers, nothing was quite perfect. I have a hen (1 yr. old New Hampshire Red) that was isolated and standing with a droopy tail all lethargic. I picked her up and turned her upside down to check her vent and a steady bit of clear fluid ran out of her...
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I have a leghorn who is 10 months old and has had a slow health decline. Her comb has never developed like the other girls and in the past couple weeks she has started isolating herself from the flock of the other 20 hens and one roo. I have had her isolated for 4 days and started...
I just picked up 3 chickens from someone who had a cat attack in their urban coop and wanted her girls to go to somewhere more rural for their safety. The one was killed yesterday. I brought the three survivors home and one of them has this big bump at the base of her beak near her eye. I am...
I just picked up 3 chickens from someone who had a cat attack in their urban coop and wanted her girls to go to somewhere more rural for their safety. The one was killed yesterday. I brought the three survivors home and one of them has this big bump at the base of her beak near her eye. I am...
I have a 6 month old Leghorn that is very lethargic, drooping wings, panting, and limping! She's a hot mess. She is the smallest bird of 20 and never flourished like the others. I have her isolated in an inside barn stall. She has water with electrolytes and vitamin supplement added. She...