This girl is about 2 years old and I noticed she has her tail tucked for the last 3 days. We felt her belly, rear, and vent. Everything seems ok. We probed inside her vent to check for an egg, but did not feel anything. She is acting normal, otherwise. She is eating, drinking, scratching, and...
I am going to examine her tonight, but does her stance indicate anything? She has some fecal caking and is standing still a lot and staying away from the others. She didn’t come out to free range very much. Her eyes look kind of tired. She is a year old. I can’t say the last time she laid an egg.
3 year old Welsummer hen
About a week and a half ago noticed left eye was red and slightly swollen. See picture 1. The following day she was placed in isolation and treated for one day with Veterycin pink eye spray. There was not much, if any, improvement. Began treating with Terramycin...
We acquired 10 hens last spring that were missing feathers on their lower backs and behinds. We were told they were 8 months old. We treated for external parasites twice with permethrin dust and internal/external parasites with pour-on Ivermectin twice two weeks apart. Their coop & run were...
My first, and only, feather-footed rooster has some gnarly looking feet. He is 29 weeks old. I found him with a bloody foot, but it is no longer bleeding. There are no wounds or sores. I’m guessing it is from a broken pin feather because there appear to be some new ones starting. So, two...
I have been finding an egg a day with some blood on the shell. I have four young hens, but only one whose comb has really started developing. One is about 22 weeks and the other three are about 18. I found 3 eggs today with blood on the shells. 2 mid-day and one in the evening. There weren’t...
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I have a hen who, for the second time was making a noise when breathing. It’s sort of a squawking sound, like her voice, but she’s gasping or panting. Her breathing is definitely labored. The first time she stopped by the time we got her settled in the garage. The air conditioning was on...