Around 3 weeks ago, we found one of our girls limping across the run towards us.. her claw was black and hanging on by a thread! (We have 60 chickens so we possibly took a day or two to notice this unfortunately!)
I researched into this and found the best advice being to cut the claw off and...
Hi All,
I have just this evening lost one of my hens and I am very unsure on the cause of her death :(
When we checked last night, she was not showing any signs of illness, yet I went down this afternoon and she was just sat there looking very unhappy.
I picked her up and checked her over, she...
Yesterday, we saved 5 chickens from a man who was going to kill them due to "not laying" - although we did get 3 eggs out of them today!
However, one of the girls has a bulge near her vent which is very red and sore, it also seems to be contracting constantly. We have felt around and can feel a...
Me and my boyfriend are new owners to some beautiful girls, he has had chickens before so has plenty of experience however for me this is all new and exciting!
We originally saved four hybrid chickens from a mean man who wanted to kill them, here is a picture when we first got them..
In the...