I found bumble on my largest hen and removed two very large black rock hard scabs from the bottom of her feet. They appear to be healing OK. On one foot she also can not flex her smaller toe and there appears to be a large black head looking scab directly over the knuckle on top of that toe...
I have 6 eleven week old pullets; 2x barred rock 2x midnight marans, 2x cinnamon queen. I added 2x whiting true blues that are seven weeks old. The 6 have been together from the start. Currently they all roost together.
During the day the true blues stay in the coop until the others lay down to...
So I ordered 2x 4-6 week whiting true blues and a Pullorum Certificate from McMurray. At pick up today they had a McMurray box but not for me- my chicks were in an unbranded box with Claborn family farms address. Inside were 2 chicks which appear to be the correct breed but both are bald at...
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I'm raising chickens for the first time. I received 5 rhode island red and 5 barred rock in the mail. They definitely got cold in the mail and I lost 1 barred after a few days. All had pasty butt which I cleared. In all but 1 it never came back. The 1 with a reoccurring dirty vent (...