We have our queen of the flock, dorothy a barred rock that is coming up on 3 years old. This year she has dealt with pasty butt and we can’t get it resolved. Its been a rollercoaster it seems gone then comes back. Ive bathed her twice and tried yeast infection cream on her vent but she finds the...
We have a sweet little chicken about 5 1/2 months old, a golden laced wyandotte. She has battled coccidiosis three times this summer and recovered with corid each time! She suddenly seemed sickly a few days ago so I brought her inside. She was gaping mouth open struggling to breathe well, also...
I had four little chicks around the first of may, two americanas and two golden laced wyandottes. I had read before & had done with my previous two chicks to give them a little dirt from our yard to build coccidiosis immunity. I gave some dirt to these chicks as well (although I didnt do it...
I have a little barred rock rooster who is on the small side and is around over 3 months old now I think. He started limping one day and it seemed to come and go, then I noticed him making a pain noise while drinking water so I checked his crop and he seemed to have sour crop. I massaged his...
We are new chicken owners we’ve had hens for about 2 year but not had any health issues until our hen died yesterday & we wondered if we could get some wisdom from experienced chicken keepers. We woke up to one of our hens coming out of the coop looking sick. She had her head towards her chest...