Hi, my little buff Cochin started making lots of noise yesterday; she is yelping with an open beak and breathing so heavily it jerks her body, like a human infant with breathing problems. She is still pretty vigorous, so I thought it might be something that she ate that got stuck somewhere going...
Good afternoon from Beautiful Bath, Maine. I just ordered my first- ever Chicks! The brooder is built out of old parts and carried up from the basement. The coop is growing slowly (the foundation stones frozen in the icy mud right now). I haven't taken care of chickens in years and years...