Our Polish hen(?)* has had the condition for about a year now. We managed to bring her back from the brink and I had hope she would recover, but that hope has long since faded.
*I should say we're actually sure the chicken's gender. I was pretty sure it was a hen to start with, and I think it...
We've got 4 chickens in the backyard, and I'm strongly considering getting a dog.
The coop/run is an amateur DIY job, and while we haven't had any problems with predators (and the only thing around here really are foxes) my feeling is that if it were a strong, determined dog all bets are off...
We've got some young chickens who are about 13 weeks old. One of them is a Polish, and her eyes were covered by her feathers so she could hardly see for a while. I wasn't sure how much she was getting to eat or drink. We gave it a go giving her a feather trim and she could see out of one eye as...