I have a pullet who was fine one day and then in the evening was having trouble walking. When I examined her she had two huge lumps- one on each side of her hock, and they were quite sensitive. I've separated her from the others, as she can't walk, and been soaking her in Epsom salts each day…...
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She hatched some eggs last year, so definitely knows how. She has been on the eggs for 30 days, maybe 31. I was able to look under her the other night as there was a bad smell. All of the eggs were intact, the smell came from something else in the hay that was probably there before she sat...
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I hope someone can help me. I have about 40 chickens and one of the groups of sexlinks is a very much older group (only a few left). We do not kill our chickens, so they just die naturally. The hens from this bunch all seem to have the same fate. They puff up for a few days, and don't really...
One of our turkey hens was killed by a tractor while sitting on her clutch in the hayfield. We were able to get the eggs and have them in the incubator. The problem is, we don't know exactly how old they are as she was gone and sitting...we know in about a 4-5 day frame. By my figuring, we...
Hi, I hope one of you can help. I was on a trip and 6 hens were lost. They took pictures of them. After returning and walking the area, I guessed it was a raptor. The ones that had injuries seemed to have them on their heads and I observed a big hawk hanging around watching the pen. They were...
I feel so bad. I had a new small flock of hens with a rooster that I am trying to integrate into my old flock. They were staying in chicken tractor covered with a tarp (with roosts off the ground). I was following the advice on this site, integrating them by keeping them separate with a fence...