Raccoons got into our coop a few nights ago and killed our pullets and damaged the beak of one of our older hens (Beatrice, an australorp). Her comb is clearly damaged, but more significantly, her beak also looks damaged; broken on top and maybe split on the bottom. It's hard to tell as she...
I have a 16 week old Black Australorp hen. She either has a pendulous crop or an impacted crop. After reading info on both my husband and I are going to try the surgery. Does anyone have some advise for me? She still runs around the yard and keeps up with the other 2 hens but last night I...