My bantam has put herself in isolation and only eats and drinks when I put her in front it the food. She screams when I go in the coop and get near her, even if I haven't touched her. I noticed today that she has poop stuck around her vent and she hasn't laid an egg in months. She just likes to...
not 24 hours after I lost my only roo, Rocket II, the hens are re-establishing the pecking order. RC, who i thought was the girls' boss, refused to roost in the coop tonight. I had to chase her around after dark. when i put her in, speckles immediately pecked at her and chased her around the...
my bantam roo was attacked about 2 weeks ago by my sisters little runt dog. He had been limping but 3 days ago his leg got totally useless and he started dragging it behind him so we took him to the vet. He has a bump on one side of his spine and she said his prognosis was "guarded" and she gave...
We got 2 Jersey chicks and a baby duck about a month ago. Couldn't put them in the new coop with the big girls, so we put them together in the old coop. After about 3 weeks the duck started peeping instead of quacking - for real! It was so funny. My daughter finally got her another, older duck...
both my bantams were attacked by my sisters nasty little dog. both had 1 leg broken. i tried splinting the roos leg. he seemed ok with it but i don't know how long to leave it on. i think the hens leg is broken up high and i don't know how to splint that. need advice.
I got some jersey giants about a month ago. they bigger than my bantams now and about half the size of my Plymouths. They are always trying to run out the door and the other chickens (free roaming) have done their share of checking them out through the wire. No signs of aggression from anyone...
Last week I posted a problem i was having with my favorite little girl. She stopped laying and was isolating. She has since been back in with the girls but now no one is laying. She lost all but one of her toes in a dog attack last year and now she is picking her leg up as if in pain and her...
LC my little bantam has been acting wierd. her rooster has been leaving her and one of the bigger hens was pecking at her today. She has also stopped laying. She has survived so much (including 2 dog attacked last year) I hate to think that she is just getting old. I'm not sure how old she is...