She was attacked Sunday. It looks like it’s just the skin peeled back. She’s been kept inside and I’ve been spraying with Vetericyn a few times a day. She definitely seems more alert today and has been eating and drinking. Anything else I should Be doing??
A hawk got my full grown hen today. Thank goodness my son was outside to scare it away. There is a tear in her skin under the wing and also her head is cocked to the side. I sprayed The wound and wrapped it so she couldn’t peck at it. I tried To use new skin to close it up but it wouldn’t...
We have a broody hen that has 6 eggs that should be hatching next weekend. This will be our first time hatching and I was Worried....should we separate her and the babies from the rest of the flock? Would all of the others be mean to the babies? I have NO IDEA what to expect!
My 5 week old Amber link has a huge crop. It’s squishy and feels like it’s full of air or liquid. She’s not growing or gaining weight like all of her friends but eats constantly. I can Massage her crop and she will
Regurgitate some food but it is still like a huge bubble after.
One of my babies has a HUGE squishy crop. It’s so big that it looks awkward. She acts fine and pecks around and eats like all the others. This picture was taken yesterday and it seems bigger today. We just lost one of our oldest hens yesterday. We can’t take all the heartache!
We found her in a nesting box full of liquid and her very weak with both eyes closed. She is still leaking from her beak and is very weak. Any help is appreciated. She is a barred rock ~2 years
I have A young hen that has just reached laying age (all of her friends have started laying) she has been laying down most of the time for a few weeks now. She gets up and runs when we get close to her and she eats like normal, she follows her flock sometimes and sometimes she just lays in the...
Help! My rooster has been limping for 2 days now. He came out of his coop limping yesterday. We put him inside for the night in a large tote so he wouldn’t be jumping up and down to roost. I gave Him 1/2 of a low dose aspirin and that seemed to help a little. I cant See any Injuries...
Hello from beautiful NC.
We currently do not even own any chickens. We have 6 children of various ages ranging from 6-19 (19 is awwy at college). So we have lots of help for our chickens "to be".
We do not have any pets and do not want any pets, and from the online research I've been doing...