My girl has some swelling behind her eye. Any recommendations would be appreciated. She's had it a week or so. I've put Terramycin on it but didn't seem to do anything. Maybe I need to apply it more often? No eye discharge, other than being swollen behind her eye it doesn't seem to be effecting...
I have an approximately 1 year old Chocolate Orpington that just wants to stay in the nesting box. She has been "sneezy" but it is an increase in this behavior because she has always been, I think it is because she is missing part of her top beak. If I put her on the ground she'll first get a...
While I'm aware roosters can be rough on hens, my (former) rooster tore up one of my hens. Her entire head was covered in blood and both eyes were swollen shut. She spent a day in the coop on the roost and is looking better. However one eye is still closed and I'm not sure if she might have lost...
Hello everyone! I'm new to keeping chickens. I bought six birds for my little flock and I have two that I now think are cockerels. This is the Barred Rock, I think it's a cockerel, I'm not as confident on this one as I am regarding the Delaware in my previous thread.
What is the community's...
Hello everyone! I'm new to keeping chickens. I bought six birds for my little flock and I have two that I now think are cockerels. This is the Delaware, I think it's a cockerel, but reading other threads, I'm not sure.
What is the community's opinion?