I have a 20 month old Bresse hen that has a large patch of bare skin on her lower chest and under her wings. I know it must be from feather picking because of mites. I think she must have had them for a while. I noticed she had dirty britches, yesterday. It looked almost black. My concern...
I am inexperienced at hatching eggs.
I am going into lockdown in a little while and I have been reading for 2 weeks. Unfortunately everyone has a different opinion. I was so confused when I started out I started out with what my manufacturer said to put the incubator on during incubation. I...
I have a Leghorn hens that was free ranging and had her tail feathers pulled out by something I believe must have tried to grab her. I first noticed her ditting close to the base of a bush. She was fluffed up and sitting with her eyes closed. I watched her a little while, tried to catch her...
I started reading it for advice back in March 2020. I purchased 9 baby chicks from TS just before the world got shut down. When I bought the first chickens I didn't have a coop, big mistake.
Anyway,, my thanks to any one who is a veteran poultry parent. I have found that there are a lot of...