Hi Backyard Chickens Folks,
Thank you in advance for your help! I've been struggling with a hen with an impacted crop that turned sour for several days now. I'm absolutely desperate because I haven't been able to feed her for 36 hours, and she hasn't absorbed any real amounts of liquid in the...
Hello BYC,
I'm worried about the chickens in my flock. I have a multi-age flock of mostly heritage breed chickens. Nothing ailed them all winter until the week we lost two chickens - one to an attack and one to flystrike due to the diarrhea on her feathers. That chicken was always one of my...
Hello,
At my school, my friend and I are in charge of feeding the chickens belonging to the woman whose property we stay on. She has a lot of chickens and though she cares about them, there is very little hygiene and the place is rife with disease and all sorts of infections, especially scaly...
I made a post earlier today about my rooster, Vivaldi, who was acting oddly. Tonight I decided to give him a check-over and see if all was well with him.
What I saw scared me. I lifted the feathers on his butt, and right at the base, near the follicles, were these awful warty-looking pustule...
My rooster, Vivaldi, is a ripe two and a half years of age. He's a golden laced wyandotte who appears to be going through a moult at the moment. He is the only governor of a flock that consists of eighteen hens, many older than he is. He is very scared of people and dislikes them as a rule, but...
I have two little pullets and a cockerel that I have been told are Blue Orpingtons. I got them from a nearby breeder who is supposed to be quite reputable. I took the little boy to the fair today, my trick for getting people interested in adopting him. It's a very relaxed, small town fair, where...
Hi everyone!
I'm from Canada, and I joined just a couple hours ago. Hi!
This forum has been popping up for years on my chicken-related google searches, and it was such a valuable resource that I finally decided to join. I'm very excited to be here! I may be posting a lot, as I always have a...