Hi there,
I have an Isa Brown girlie who is about a year and a half old. She used to produce the biggest eggs in my flock and did so 6 days a week (despite being the second smallest there!)
However a little while ago she missed a couple of days. I wasnt worried as most of my flock slowed down...
I have a first-year chicken who I have had for a month. Not sure what breed she is, apparently mixed with a "French show hen".
She settled in quickly, I didn't have any problems with her, however for the past week or so she makes this horrendous noise in the morning! Sometimes it lasts for 20...
I have a maturing 5-month old rooster. He was born with a toe missing and has a little stub about a third of the length of the toe that's supposed to be there. All the time I see him lifting this foot up as though it hurts to put pressure on it, and I mean ALL the time. I've looked at his little...
I've spent the last few days looking after a very, very sick chicken. My chicken Lucy had a lot of fluid in her lungs, wasn't eating or drinking and if I hadn't taken her to the vet she would have died.
The vet said that she needed to have medication for 10 days and to be isolated from the rest...