So we have 5, 8 week old bantams. We had thought the pecking order was fairly well established at this point, with the two largest Rhode Island Red's taking the top spot. However this morning I came out to our smallest, a Barred English Game, viciously going for the Reds, aggressively pulling...
So we've had are smallest bantem inside for the past 2 weeks as she has been recovering from a severe defiency. She's made a great recovery and we thought we'd try to move her back in with her sisters. And we feel that she's getting bored and lonely
She is growing fast now, but smaller and...
We have a 3 week bantam barred. 6 days ago, she stopped moving around and having issues standing/walking. She's also the smallest of the bunch. They were on medicated feed (we switched, when we noticed this). We suspect a moderately severe deficiency.
We brought her inside. She is ravenously...
About a month ago our 2 year old hen started limping on one foot.
We took her to the vet 3 weeks ago. She had high bacteria count, and swollen GI tract. (Vet thought this was the reason for limping) The next 2 weeks we gave her antibiotics and some other drugs.
1 week ago, she still doesn't...
One of our hens suddenly began limping last week, we thought it was a sprain and restricted her movement. However it has not improved. Vet is out until Monday.
She (tries) to be active and is eating/drinking. She moved the leg, but can't put weight on it. She also tends to hold it out forward...