My poor Goldie has been through near death experiences four times in her less than six months of life. She was finally doing better after the twisted neck incident. I had been pumping her with vitamins, babying her, and she was slowly looking and acting better. She was walking, eating, drinking...
I have three Cochin chicks, about three months old. I have one chick, Goldie, who has been through the mill, being injured, nursed back to health, and re-injured multiple times.
The injuries involved one leg not working, a wing not working, walking backwards, and gradually healing. But each...
I have a poor Cochin chick (2-3 months old) who has been through the mill. First, she inexplicably developed an injury to her right leg and wing. Although I didn't see it, I suspect rough handling by a local girl who is tough on animals and who was visiting the day before. She was slumped over...
I am new to chickens and just got three baby Cochin chicks. I lost my first flock of eight to a predator or to botulism (still don't know which) or something two weeks ago, so I got three chicks to replace them. I figured I'd keep them in a cage on the back porch where I could watch them, better...
Hi, everybody.
I am new to chickens and lost my flock of eight chickens yesterday. I didn't check them until late in the day, and I hadn't checked them the day before, but the day before that, they appeared to be healthy and doing great. Yesterday, when I checked them, they were all dead...
I have lost my whole flock of pet chicks and I don't know why. They were living in a shed with access to a fenced yard. Behind is a mountain, so yes, lots of predators around. But I am not sure it's predators and here is why. Sorry if I am a bit disjointed because I'm crying as I write this...