I had 18 in a portioned off section of my enclosed coop and found two dead this morning. No trauma. One had a small amount of blood on her bottom. I shoveled out the pine shavings and then used Lysol before laying down new shavings. The ground is damp as we have had 6 inches of rain in the...
My chickens stopped laying about a week ago. No symptoms until today. Two have their eye nearly shut and the third has a discharged. What could this be? I put neosporin on all three tonight and ordered terramycin.
I have a black sex link chick (10 weeks old) that had been doing great, until yesterday when we had our first drop in temperature. She stayed isolated from the others today, keeping her beak tucked in her feathers or she had her head drawn inward. She didn't move around much and I didn't see...
I began raising 6 Rhode Island Reds I purchased as chicks in April of 2016. I have been hooked ever since.
I only have three of the original, two died on excessively hot days, and the third died after taken to the vet, where they determined she had a possible genetic issue causing her to be...