It's been a rough week for our girls; a stray goat got in their run the other day, and I just noticed some small pustules on the face of one of my Houdans. She is absolutely filthy , so I'm not sure if it's a hygiene issues or a disease. She's had fowlpox in the past but this doesn't look like...
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About four days ago, I caught one of my hens seeming unwell-- she seemed unsteady, kept closing her eyes, and eventually went limp as we tried to examine her. It has been extremely hot where I live, so I figured it was heat stress/stroke. We brought her inside and dropper-fed her some...
I know that young chickens shouldn't be moved to the coop if it's too cold, but I've also read in a few different places that coop training should never be done when temperatures exceed 70 degrees (F). My husband and I have 8 three-week-old chicks and we've been thinking about moving their...