Hi you all. I have just put down another hen that seemed to have ascites or an internal laying issue, and put down a similar one a few weeks ago. One hen was a bantam cochin, and one half salmon faverolle/half cochin. I noticed a slight waddle in both a few weeks ago, but since the birds still...
Yet another unhappy chicken discovery today :( I have a ~1 year old frizzle bantam cochin hen that seemed perfectly well up until I saw her this morning and noticed that her comb had congealed blood on it, and she was walking around like a bird with sourcrop or in pain--head tucked in, lots of...
Hi you all, I was just up with my chickens today and noticed that my former alpha hen was limping (I've noticed the past few weeks that a different hen had become #1, so this explains why). I picked her up and saw that one of her toes is totally gone, and where it would have attached to the foot...
Hi you all, I wanted to see if anyone could help me diagnose what might be wrong with my hen. She's around 2, half cochin half favarolle, lowest on the pecking order in a flock of 4 hens + 1 roo, and was in good health up until this morning, when I found her under her perch, not interested in...