We have 3 adult guineas. They have always been around chickens and have been fine with chickens they were raised with but severely attacked/killed my little turkey and terrorized a group of younger chickens we got until they just ran off I guess.
If I can't figure out a way to keep them from...
We've lost about 12 chickens since a respiratory illness started. They all had open mouthed breathing, sounded raspy, loss of appetite, hunched over. One died this morning and we discovered a big sore on her wing and another sick one has a big open sore on his back. It has been raining here...
Last Saturday we brought home some new chickens from an auction. There were a few poorly looking ones, just thin, but most looked healthy. None of them sounded sick but in the last few days we've noticed a few of the new ones kind of gasping for air, with open beaks. No discharge, healthy...
This is Pepper, she's a new girl we got as part of a group. We were just wondering what she is. There's a similar looking hen in the group that's the same color but no black on her neck. We believe the other one is a buff Orpington. We also got a really lovely Rhode Island hen and a pair of...
Hey everyone! We are new here. I grew up on a 300+ acre commercial broiler poultry farm and from the time I was a kid I was helping my dad in the chicken houses. Now I'm 37, recently diagnosed with uterine cancer, no kids but we raise Great Danes, have 4 horses on my parent's small hobby farm...