This is my roosters foot. We took him to the vet, (NOT and avian vet) he would not cut the infection out, all he did was give him antibiotics, which did nothing. I'm terrified to do the bumblefoot surgery. We started but the whole bottom of his foot is rock hard and I think the kernel is WAY...
Ok, so I have a chicken that I hatched back in May of this year, there were 7 chicks in total. All of them seemed to be very healthy except for 1. About 2 weeks after she hatched she started losing her coordination and couldn't stand. 1 day she was fine and literally the next she couldn't stand...
Can someone please help me figure out what's wrong with my Icelandic chicks? They are around 5 months old now, when I let them out in the mornings some of them can't stand up, they just kind of lay on there side with their feet out from under them. I don't think it's Mareks (spelling?) disease...
Anyone who can, please help!! I have no clue what to do. I recently got 12 Welsummer eggs in the mail. Before I go any farther, I'll say I am VERY new to all of this. This is my first ever incubating and candling experience. So I "candled" the eggs after I got them. I didn't know that I was...
Hey everyone, I have a concern about 1 of my silkie chicks. I just got them 2 weeks ago and so far they've all been healthy, as far as I can tell. They eat well and drink plenty of water, no pasty butts, except for the smallest and I don't think it was really pasty butt, just a few droppings...
Hello everybody, I have a problem that I'm hoping someone might have some experience with. Recently we got 2 Mallard drakes from a friend, we brought them home and they immediately hid in a patch of weeds in our front yard. We haven't seen them much since. I know they're still here but they have...
Hey guys, I was wondering if anybody knows of a place in VA or nearby where I can get Welsummers chicks from? I wanted to get eggs and hatch them myself but I've never hatched eggs before and I don't have an incubator yet either so I think I'll just go the chick route, lol. I'm a little...
Hey guys, I'm new to BYC and realtively new to chickens. We recently got a couple chickens from a friend that didn't have room for them anymore. She believed 1 of them to be a cockrel but we're still debating that. We also have no clue as to what breed he/she is. Any ideas you guys have would be...