Hello everyone! I hope you all are staying healthy and safe. This morning I found my hen Evie struggling to walk. She was perfectly fine yesterday and is acting normally today despite her not being able to walk normally. She can still get around but it is quite clunky and she struggles. Her feet...
Hello everyone! This is not very urgent and will most likely pass in a couple of days, but I thought I would seek any advice in case it gets worse. I have 5 about two week old turkeys, and yesterday I noticed one had a scab on her foot (pictures below). It seemed to be bothering her and she kept...
Hello! I hope everyone is staying healthy and safe! Today we found a helpless little bird, who we think is a baby (maybe male but we aren’t sure) turkey pullet. (Pictures included below). My first question is whether or not that is a turkey, and if there is anyway to figure out it’s gender. My...
Hi! I have had chickens for about 6 years now, ever since I was a little kid. I currently have 10 9 week old chickens, 1 (maybe 2) roosters and 8/9 hens. I love raising chickens because they are so sweet and soothing. I love just being around them and I joined BYC for help raising my chickens so...
Hi! My 9 week old hen Lolo developed a swollen eye and eyelid about a week ago. (Pictures included below) it has been about a week, and none of the other chickens have gotten it, so I don’t think it’s contagious. My dad thinks it is a swollen sinus, but I just thought I would get anyone else’s...