This is only 4 days in, just started veterycin and vet Rx. She hangs back away form the flock sometimes and keeps eye shut. Hasn't laid in 4 days. Some have suggested lice or fleas but it looks like crust, not bugs.
Please beware of buying chemically treated sod for your yard or hen house. Less than 2 weeks ago we laid some sod in the run after it flooded from a recent storm and we wanted to raise the level. Within a week 2 were dead. They were fine one day and a bit listless the next day. I held them...
I came home Monday afternoon to find my young Ameracauna on her side and missing all her back feathers. I scooped her up and took her to the bird DR who thought she had been attacked by her 3 other sisters.(lots of small wounds) I barely had her 2 weeks so it was heart breaking. They were all...
Hello everyone,
I just brought home my first feathered friends and they are 3 months old. I have a Golden Lace Wyandotte, a Buff Orpington, a Black Australorp and an Ameraucana. I have loved reading everyone's experiences with their chickens and I'm sure I'll be on here asking for some...