I've noticed this Black Minorca jumping on the backs of a couple of my RI reds and appearing to bite at their necks before, but thought it was just another bit of odd chicken behavior. Lately, though, I have several hens that have been pecked at a lot, with missing feathers on their backs in...
I had 3 cuckoo maran hens, 5 months old, all apparently quite healthy. I don't think I've gotten any eggs from them yet, because I haven't seen them in the nesting boxes. I found one dead in the coop 3 mornings ago, with a bloody pulpy vent but otherwise appeared just fine (well, except for...
I have a 5 month old white leghorn who has been lethargic the past 3 days or so. She isn't interested in food or water, won't drink even if I dribble water on her beak, and half-way pecks at food but isn't actually eating. No other symptoms, breathing is okay, everything appears healthy. After...
I have 22 hens that are now 5 months old (4 different breeds -- Rhode Island Red, White Leghorn, Black Minorca and Cuckoo Moran) and have recently noticed the brown warty lesions on the combs of 5 or 6 of them, mostly the Leghorns. Mosquitoes haven't been a big problem. They don't seem to be...