I recently purchased four pullets from a local breeder. After a few nights in the starter coop, a snake killed three of them. 😢 Because I was concerned about the remaining bird being alone, I just got three new pullets today. Unfortunately, the three new ones are picking on the original “loner”...
I just went out to check on my chickens and found that one of my hands is bleeding from the mouth and has a severely swollen crop. I can’t tell if she got into a fight with another hen or if she is sick. Any help would be appreciated
So I have a hen that I thought might be egg bound. She was waddling and her belly looked swollen.(Other than that, she is acting pretty normal) I used lubricant and did an internal digital exam but didn't feel an egg. Any advice?
My 4yr old hen seems to be injured on her right side. Her right eye is closed and she is holding her right leg up. Her right wing is slightly droopy. Any ideas? I thought she may have been stung by a wasp because I saw a wasp nest being built on the outside corner of the coop. Any ideas would...
I have two hens (Prissy & Greta) who were broody and insisted on staying in the same nest box for about a week. If I removed Greta or moved Prissy, Greta would follow her and climb back in the nest box with her. I just went outside to collect eggs and noticed Prissy dead in the back of the...
I have two hens (Prissy & Greta) who were broody and insisted on staying in the same nest box for about a week. If I removed Greta or moved Prissy, Greta would follow her and climb back in the nest box with her. I just went outside to collect eggs and noticed Prissy dead in the back of the...
1) What type of bird , age and weight. - Ameraucana 6 months
2) What is the behavior, exactly. - two days ago I noticed her stai\\ying away from the flock. Her tail was droopy. Yesterday she was lethargic and I noticed a limp when she walked. Today she is laying on the coop floor. There...
My 6 month old Ameraucana layed 4 eggs (every other day) and then stopped laying. I thought it might be stress from a young rooster and got rid of him two days ago. nothing yet..any advice?
I have an Ameraucana "hen" that has been showing aggressive behavior. Today it looked like she was mating with a hen. I have included a picture. She/he is 6 months old.
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One of my 12 week EE's has been walking funny lately. She sometimes holds one foot up and walks as though she is "High-stepping". Our roosting bars are made of branches and she doesn't roost in the same place (if at all) so I doubt it is bumblefoot. Any ideas?
I have 6 young pullets who have been stuggling with some type of illness. Tonight I went in the coop and noticed that several of them had poopy butts and weepy eyes. I was thinking I might just need to give the whole flock (I have 15 all together) antibiotics. Any advice?
I have 5 12-week old pullets who are being affected by this sudden cold weather (it has been getting down into the teens and 20's at night). Three of the pullets are showing signs of a "cold" i.e. teary eyes, one eye stuck shut. I am thinking we should add a heat lamp, but I want to be sure to...
The other night one of my younger pullets (11 weeks) got locked out of the coop accidentally. It got pretty cold that night and I think she got sick from it. Yesterday her eyes were weeping and today when I went to check on her, her eyes were stuck shut. I removed her from the flock and wiped...
I have 9 older hens and 6 new pullets that I got about two weeks ago. The new hens are sleeping in a nest box (huddled together). I have tried adding them to the roosting bar after everyone has settled in, but they still jump off. Any advice?