I'm baffled here. I've got a 3 day old Light Brhama chick that is scratching at itself non stop and making quite a racket. She has scratched herself until she is bleeding on the left side of her neck.
Occasionally she will open her mouth and stretch out her neck as if to dislodge something...
I have a buff orpington hen, 4 1/2 years old, with a bum leg (she hatched that way, no toes on one leg). She has always done fine until about 5 days ago. I thought our single digit temperatures got to her so I brought her in. She was off balance and having trouble with her legs. It seems that...