Three strange things in the past week:
Dead sparrow face down in the pond
Dead sparrow face down in the chicken watering cup
Beat up/sick chicken found in the yard
Might these be related? See the pictures for black comb and blind eye. What is going on here? Influenza? Pecking abuse? Both?
This five month old Easter egger quite suddenly started walking on her hocks, with her left foot curled under. Overnight. She got around that way for a few days, but then her leg went straight out stiff, and she cannot walk at all. I have separated her from the flock, but now I do not know what...
This poor thing has lost all these feathers over about two weeks. She has been acting normally until this morning, when she seems a bit sluggish. I think at her age she is done laying. I am now afraid she will not recover in time for upcoming cold nights. I have not witnessed any pecking from...
We are on 5 acres in KY, now with 7 chickens in a 8x10 coop and 8x16' attached run. Now to figure out how to do this. It has been fun already.
We started with baby chicks in April. Now they are out in the coop. I would like to be able to let the chickens out to free roam during the daytime...