I found my chicken laying yesterday. She hops on her good leg but won't put pressure on one foot at all. Initially I have found no protruding bones nothing to indicate a broken bone so I dug deeper and have found put about bumblefoot.
Her foot and toes are extremely swollen. I dont see a very...
I have a coop situated in a large area I want to protect my chickens from hawks and vultures, their is about 3-6 vultures that live in an old barn structure that isn't used in my a neighbor's property. I see them perched on it every single day. And they circle over us all day every day
My...
Ok so I have 4, now 7 week old hens 6, 5 week chicks and 4, 4 week chicks.
I got them all as 2-3 day olds so they all grew up in the brooder inside together at different ages.
When my oldest 4 turned 5 weeks I moved the. Outside to the coop because they were getting too big and the brooder was...
My first 4 Chickens are from my daughter's class that they hatched.
All her teacher knew was that they were a mix of different breeds.
*I think the black one is an Australian-female.
*I think red one is a rhode island red-male
*The black and gray feathers (can't figure out breed and think a...
When a chicken has wry neck does it's head shake seemingly uncontrollably.
I have done a lot of research and it seems to got her symptoms but I don't read anything about the twitching that is happening when she has her neck "episodes"