I inherited two baby chicks this spring and they are both absolutely beautiful! They are 17 weeks old. The brown one is the friendliest chicken I have ever had. The white one is silky soft. Love them both! Anyone have ideas about what breeds they might be? They were originally purchased from...
I have two chickens that within one day of each other became lethargic and stopped eating and drinking. One had a bubble crop that I assumed was sour crop. The other had an empty crop. I fed water and epsom to them for a few days and they both seemed fine. That was one week ago. Neither have...
Hi everyone! I have done one bumble foot surgery before on this chicken and on this same foot. She is a sedentary, overweight four-year-old that came to us with bumble foot. We did the first removal last year, and we were able to pry the scab and core out after soaking and a little bit of...
My Transylvanian naked neck turken has a neck wound with the vein sticking out and torn. She is eight weeks old and has two sisters. I have her separated but still in sight of the other chickens. My concern is how to bandage or care for this wound. I can’t wrap anything around her neck and it is...
I have a five month old olive egger who started laying normal eggs about eight weeks ago, but then four weeks ago started laying rubber eggs. She got an impacted crop that I caught early and she seemed fine after but she never really payed normally since. Maybe twice a week I will get a normal...
I'm back with another unhealthy chicken. I have never worked with sour or impacted crop, but my chicken has one of the two. Today I noticed her standing with her eyes closed by the waterer constantly drinking and swallowing compulsively. I tossed out meal worms and she didn't even run over. She...
I just noticed today that my 5 month hen seems to have a bone or something growing out of her chin. When I pull it to the side it looks like raw flesh under it. There is sand stuck to one side. I don’t know what it is or what to do. Any thoughts on what this could be?