Hi all. I'm afraid I might have a sick chicken on my hands. Your opinions are greatly appreciated!
Bird: 9 mo Black Cuckoo Marans, approx. 7 lbs (Dolly)
Symptoms: Went from laying 6 eggs/wk to laying only 2 paper-thin, nearly shell-less eggs over the last 5 days. Today she's got lots of runny...
I'm raising three chicks, all pretty different ages: 1 5-week old Easter Egger, 1 4-week old Maran, and 1 2-week old white cochin. The Easter Egger pecked the Maran's vent to the point of bleeding, so I dressed her vent wound and I've separated everybody into three separate brooders. Everyone...
Hi all. On Tuesday received our first-ever shipment of chicks to start an urban flock - 1 Leghorn, 1 Easter Egger, 1 Cochin and 1 Cuckoo Maran. I had a really hard time settling on just one breed so I ordered several, which in retrospect may have been a mistake as the chicks are pretty obviously...