One year old BO hen has black growths on both sides of her comb and her eyes. I thought three of my hens were fighting but this isn't getting better, it's getting worse. I noticed it a few days ago but just now I looked again and it's worse. Her one eye has it on the white part and it has little...
I have a 6 week old BO chick that can't eat. She's been fine until this morning. I noticed her just sitting on the ramp to the brooder. All the other chicks were out running around the yard. She was making a noise that made me think something was stuck in her throat. I turned her upside down and...
Hi all. My husband has been lurking on this board for almost two years now. When one of my hens was attacked by a hawk a few months ago, he told me to join the forum and ask for assistance. (BTW, she is fine now.) Thank you for all the tried and true information we've learned from y'all. It has...
This afternoon when I went out to feed my chickens, my Buff Orpington rooster decided it was a good time to mount one of the hens. They all gather at the gate when I come out and everyone was fine. When the rooster finished his business and got off the hen, she couldn't move. Her legs were...
Hey all! This is my first post. I'm more of a reader/researcher here than a poster. But I have a problem that I need some advise on. My 7 month old BO chick ate my diamond earring Tuesday and hasn't passed it in her poop yet. I moved her to a temporary chicken tractor with two egg eaters (that...