I have two Roosters, non-aggressive with one another. The biggest of the two had a small spot on one side of his waddle at the start of Fall, I chalked it up to a nip or peck from another of the flock. It didn't seem to go away and just recently both he and my smaller Rooster now have a prolific...
First year chicken owner here!
Went to grab some eggs and noticed this dropping on the "poo deck". Horrified and thought it was a tapeworm from afar but it's as large as their usual droppings and seemed almost like a egg casing? Has anyone ever seen something "translucent" like this or might...
My chickens have been outside in the coop and run for over 2 months now, closing in on 18 weeks. So we're getting excited/hopeful for our first eggs. However, after keeping them solely in their coop/run for the first 3 weeks to ensure they knew it was "home" they now free range and as their...
Hello, new to post but have been following along on this forum for a while!
We're raising 19 chicks and one of our australorps has had an overgrown beak since 2 weeks of age and after trimming it tonight it started bleeding immediately. We applied styptic powder along with Vetericyn and placed...