I think lots of people have killed their chickens accidentally. I read a story about how one person slammed their car door on their chicken's head. I saw that another person threw a rock and killed their rooster.
Maybe if we share our stories, it will help us all feel better about the...
I tried to give my chick an injection of penicillin in the right breasts this morning. I don't feel that I went very deep, just under the skin. However when I put him down he was unable to stand, kinda flopped around a bit, and layed his head down, breathing heavily.
I also noticed that most of...
I have 3 Orpingtons that began to experience fast breathing issues a couple days ago. It started with 1, then the 2nd, and now the 3rd is doing it.
Symptoms:
1. Heavy/fast breathing
2. Lethargy
3. Lack of appetite - they are still drinking every so often, but not as much
I posted a quick...
This baby chick pipped, zipped, but then seemed to give up. I checked on him a day after zipping, and he hadn't made any progress. The membrane had become hard and the shell was drying, stuck to the chick. I was able to get it out of the shell, but it seemed to not realize that it was hatched...
I'd like everyone's help identifying some eggs I received from an ebay seller as well as some advice from you all about what to do in this situation.
The ebay listing I ordered from was 12 Ameraucana eggs + bonus Crested Cream Legbar eggs. All eggs were supposed to be blue, but I got a mix of...