Hi y'all!
I'm a novice small flock chicken-lady in Austin, TX. I have 5 different breeds that are all molting or recovering from molting at the moment. My brahma has me scratching my head though. She went through a hard molt at the end of September (almost 2 months ago) and grew back feathers...
Here's a tricky one for y'all: my Brahma (Rosa) has some odd looking bumps under her feet, at the side of her toes. There is the same spot on each foot at the same place. Is this the beginning of bumblefoot? I investigated them a little, and for better or worse, managed to pull off half of the...
Hi y'all! My Ameraucana, Eleanor, needs your help. I notice some sores on one of her legs the other day, and wishful thinking, I waited to see if it'd resolve itself... but it hasn't. I took a closer look and saw that one of the sores appears to puss a little; the other sore is hard and black...
I'm a first timer with chickens and really need help. All three of my hens seem to have some issues, but when I got up this morning, poor Brene, my buckeye, appears to be in dire straits. Her wattle is swollen below her beak and under her ear, and she also has a sore on her eye lid. It also...
I have a small flock of 3 different hens: an ameraucana, a buckeye, and a brahma, and they are each 30 weeks old. Now, my disclaimer is that I am a first-timer with chickens, but it seems like most 30 week old hens should be laying by now, and mine are not. They appear to be in good health -...