My red star sex linked chicken lost a nail this week. I was finally able to wrangle her for examine her more closely and her foot looks awful. It seems like bumble to me, but I want second opinions.
If it is bumble, does it appear too advanced to treat with vetricin? I'm leaving for a trip soon...
Three days ago a mink exposed a weakness in our coop and climbed a straight wall seven feet high to break through a screen. It killed three khaki Campbells.
When my husband discovered this, he immediately came in and got supplies to board the screen.
The mink returned before he did. He opened...
No tracks in the snow
Nothing dug in
This happened when darkness was just beginning to fall
The kill happened in the duck run and was (relatively) clean
We're keeping the ducks in the pen 24/7 until we take measures to prevent this happening again. I got poultry netting to put on top of the run...
We just bought 10 khaki campbell ducklings from Metzer Farms. They arrived last Thursday. They were shipped Monday. When they arrived, the GroGel cup that Metzer placed was completely empty- literally not a drop left. But the ducks seemed okay, and fast forward to today: 9 are doing great...