I noticed my 8 week old pullet was limping today. Her right leg hyper extends forward, seems like a joint on her thigh is injured. I’m not sure if it’s a deformity or an injury from earlier. She still gets around and eats but is there anything I can do? I’m not sure isolating her will do much...
I went out to the coop this morning to check on the broody hen and her single chick and there I saw the little chick dead not breathing in the dust bathe. Not sure if she got suffocated under mama while she was bathing or if she got too cold. I took her inside and immediately started warming her...
Hello,
I have a mite infestation in my coop. I cleaned it out sprayed with permethrin and also sprinkled permethrin powder afterward. But I still see a few mites here and there but definitely not as many.
As for the chickens I applied ivermectin pour on. How long does that take to kill mites...
I have an 18 week old chicken that I hatched and I cannot tell if it’s a boy or girl. It hasn’t crowed and it’s not aggressive towards other hens but it hasnt squatted either. Any input is appreciated!
So I posted this on another forum https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/urgent-assisted-hatching-chick-is-out.1396902/
Basically the chick was late to hatch from the others, I pipped it, it was alive and then the next morning there was no movement and I opened the membrane.
The chick was...
Hey y’all,
I had 6 out of 7 eggs hatch under a broody and it is day 24 and the one still hasn’t hatched.
I decided to create a piphole since I didn’t hear or see movement while candling and the chick is still alive but has not internally peeped.
What should I do?! I moistened the inner...