Hi all, we adopted our rooster a few years ago from someone who was unable to care for him with his crop condition. He has a severe pendulous crop and at the time had a case of sour crop. We cared for him to fix the sour crop and discovered chicken bras which drastically helped him move food out...
Hello! I’m hoping someone can help me out here. I’m a long time chicken keeper, but new with ducks. We’ve had our 7 ducks for about 6 months now and they’ve settled in well, happy and healthy, until I noticed this one gal with unusual behavior this week. I’m hoping that maybe she’s just broody...
One of my girls was missing all day yesterday and finally showed up after dark, tired, hungry, thirsty and weak. I think she had been attacked and hid all day. After looking her over, she had some minor cuts on her legs, and what looked like a prolapsed vent, and a floppy wing but I did suspect...
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I have one hen who has been sitting around, lethargic, puffy, clearly not feeling well for a couple of days. We separated her and she's inside now but she's getting worse. She can barely stand, is very wobbly, and wasn't eating or drinking. I started making mash for her with her...
Hello everyone, I have 4 chicks who are about 4 weeks old. I've never raised chicks before (usually get pullets) and we found a dead worm (I think) in their enclosure. Can someone tell me from the pic what type of worm this is and what I can do to make sure they aren't badly infested? Aren't...
Hey guys, this is more of a general question because I'm curious. We found this sweet hen wandering around late the other evening and are keeping her safe while we look for her home. I noticed her comb was very flat though and that stood out to me. Any ideas as to what's going on here? I believe...
I've been a mess for the last week. Winnie is our special gal and she's had egg laying issues her whole 1 year of egg laying life. Previously when she was eggbound, the vet could help with the egg aspiration and extraction. However, this last egg that was found stuck about 3 weeks ago was the...