Hi all -- my girl Ethel is a 6 month old black copper marans pullet and just this evening I noticed she can't hold herself up to stand.
She is laying, and she did lay an egg today (I have a camera on the nesting boxes plus I collected 10 eggs for 10 hens) so she's not eggbound.
She is alert and...
Hello all -- I noticed this lump above one of my 9-week-old chick's eyes a few days ago and it has me puzzled as to what it could be.
I just got a picture of it yesterday so nothing to compare it to if it's grown or stayed the same size. The lump is firm but not rock-hard. The bump on the beak...