My hen has this wet black butt. No funky smells that I can tell. She is also molting pretty hard. Is this normal poopy butt or something more? I've never seen it look so wet.
I have an olive egger who will be a year old in 2 weeks. I noticed she is losing feathers above her tail the past couple days. I checked for lice/mites and don't see any. We also don't have any roosters. Is this her molting?
I found this chicken laying in this position, below the roosting bars, this morning. I go to pick her up and she stays in this position. She is now inside. I have no idea what's wrong. She was completely fine last night
We have. 5 month old Indian runner who has started challenging my kids and even us adults. He will run at you with his bill open and has bit my husband and son today when they were putting them up. We have 2 females and 1 male. I don't believe they've started mating.
What can I do to stop this...
We have. 5 month old Indian runner who has started challenging my kids and even us adults. He will run at you with his bill open and has bit my husband and son today when they were putting them up. We have 2 females and 1 male. I don't believe they've started mating.
What can I do to stop this...
We noticed my 6 month old copper maran hen had hardened poop which I suspect is pasty butt. We soaked her and cleaned her up-she seems ok. My question is what typically causes this? No change in feed. We did have the remnants of Hurricane Ian hit here in Coastal NC 2 days ago so maybe it's...
I have a male runner who is almost 4 months old. This is my first go around with ducks so please be kind 😂
When he preens himself recently something that looks like a worm is coming out of him. I assume this is his male parts but I'm not sure. Is this normal or anything to worry about? 🙈
Last night my runner duck jumped out of my husband's arms and landed on the ground. His head then neck hit....then his body. He is eating and drinking minimally. He isn't standing straight up like normal. His neck is tucked in. I'm completely shaken over this and want to support him as best as...