Another sick chicken....I also have a Black Maran about 1 1/2 years old with yellow watery diarrhea, poor appetite (separate pen from the Australorps in my other question)....have read all sorts of things .....could be viral, bacterial, could be a number of things. None of the other chickens...
I have a 7 month old Australorp hen with a dirty butt- started out as gleet, got that cleared up, it started again, got it cleared up, then pulled a big ol' worm out of her butt, wormed her...and her sisters in the same pen....she stayed dry for a few days and now she's dirty again. Skin...
I seem to be having some problems with rat snakes getting into my coop and stealing eggs. I have tried a variety of plants that are supposed to discourage them to no avail. Has anyone ever tried a minnow trap and if they did how did it work?