Our lovely 18mth old Orpington bantam has swollen ankles and seems to be in pain. She is standing on one leg and then the other like her feet hurt. This seems to have happened in the last couple of weeks.
Otherwise she is ok, she lays a beautiful little egg every other day or so and here...
We have three laying hens who usually share a run and house happily, and have most days to free range. They have usually put themselves to bed by the time I come to secure the house for the night.
Last night, however, two of them were perched on the roof of a separate house we have for two...
Five days ago we got a beautiful eight month old Buff Orpington Bantam. She has laid us three beautiful eggs and seems very happy except when she is stressed - mostly being put back into the coop against her will - she wheezes and makes a sort of spluttering noise. Do you think she has asthma...