Last evening I noticed some loose stools and the chicken hadn't eaten her food from breakfast. Crop ok, acting like herself, but not eating. I decided to worm her with Safers this am. Went out and she had eaten all her food and layed an egg. I know I need to dump her eggs now, but no issue since...
My first experience with a chicken was when I worked at a local animal shelter one summer. Someone had thrown a brown leghorn over our 6 ft chain link fence during the night. I begged my boss to let her stay, so she agreed and we got her some feed. Every morning I would call "Chicken" and she...
I am new to raising backyard chickens. As I was driving to my local grocery store, I saw something in the middle of the street. I thought it was an injured osprey, but it was a chicken! A Polish chicken. She was in terrible shape, dirty and smelled like a pig sty. I picked her up, wrapped in a...