Hi.
One of my chickens has a severely dirty 'butt', just under the vent area.
It's thick and a mustard colour.
She also is acting a little strange and this morning didn't go after the treat seed a chucked in for girls and just stood there looking at me .
Any help would be appreciated.
Hi.
Would anyone be able to hazard a guess as to why my chicken died based off the picture please ?
I know there could be a million reasons but it came as a shock as she was healthy (seemingly) the day before.
I checked body and there was no injuries or egg bound.
Thank you
Hi,
Just wondering if anyone can tell me what the white things are in my chickens stool please? They sort of look like dandruff flakes.
They don't move and don't look worm like.
(The long things are pieces of straw)
Thank you
Hi all.
I have had a bird in quarantine due to an small wound she had. Whilst she has been isolated I believe she may have got into the habit of pecking/eating her eggs.
It is shortly coming up to the time in the UK where we have the shortest daylight. When the hens stop laying for a brief...
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A lot of my hens have the feathers missing at the base of their saddles and I witnessed one of the hens taking a dust bath and the others plucking/preening her quite intensely.
The chicken lying there isn't bottom of the pecking order and is quite fiesty so I'm unsure she's lie...
Hi,
New poster to BYC however have read 100's of threads and the site is always my go to...
I had to isolate my 30 week old pullet Elsa the other as she had a very nasty wound just under her vent. The other chickens were obviously pursuing her and how much of their pecking is to blame I'm...