I have a young Jersey Giant chick who for a week now has had a eye injury that I've been caring for. It's gotten better with ointment, but it's not 100% yet. It started out swollen around the eye and watery, the swelling has gone down but she still is watery and bubbly. I've been putting...
I have a meat chick with a slipped tendon, it's to swollen for me to feel comfortable messing with. I don't have the nerve to cull him myself, but I can get it done if needed. The only help I can get him is an expensive animal hospital; should I pay the money to/maybe help him, or just find...
Hello, I have a young Blue copper Maran who is definitely low on the pecking order. She gets pecked by all of my older chickens(half of the flock) even though they've all lived together for months. She doesn't want too come out of the coop and into the run, even when she does she hides, because...
I just got 2 Jersey Giant chicks and a Light Brama chick and put them in with my other chicks that are a week younger than them. They all arrived with light pecking injuries from each other which I have separated them to let heal.
Recently, when allowed to visit the others, one of the Jersey...
I have a chick that is going on her 2nd day of what I think is wry neck, and I can't get her to a vet until noon tomorrow(her 3rd day of wry neck). She's fighting me and my husband when we try to feed her a high vitamin liquid food replacement, she's very tired and won't/can't do much to help...
I have a 1 month old Jersey Giant chick who has a pecking sore on her wing, because of this she was pecking the other chicks to keep them away. I currently have her in a separate box to heal, with medicine applied. Is it better to leave her by herself, or do I give her a companion? (I don't know...