Hi all,
My 12 week old faverolles pullet started wheezing yesterday while free-ranging. I found her far away from the rest of the flock. When they saw me, the flock came into the run for their usual goodies. This pullet eventually came over but didn't enter the run, which was odd as she is...
Hi all, I wanted to share some photos of the injury that my buff sussex hen Olivette sustained and what I did about it.
I hadn't noticed anything off about her, no limping, she was still eating etc., and so it was by chance that she was in the nesting box and I gave her a little scratch under...
Hello all,
I was giving my light sussex hen a bath today and a vent feather trim when I noticed significant bruising near her vent. At first I thought it was a scab, but it's almost as though the scab is underneath the skin. She is otherwise well, eating and drinking ok, enjoying treats...
Hi all,
I picked up a new 12 week sussex pullet 2 days ago. Shame on me for not checking over her carefully but it was a long drive and I was tired. The issues were apparent once I got her home:
Sneezing
Gurgling
Mites. So many mites.
5cm long Roundworm in poo
Now also breathing heavily...
Some of you may have seen my previous post on these speckled sussex chicks. 4 were definitely cockerels but I managed to get 2 pullets - or so I thought. Unfortunately the one that was definitely a pullet was attacked by a fox, which leaves me with one. However she's looking more like a...
Hi everyone,
I recently purchased some Speckled Sussex chicks, however they don't look much like the photos of SS chicks other people have posted on this forum. They don't seem to have the dark colouring on their heads nor the dark stripe/band down the back. I'm now worried that I wasn't sold...