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And thank you, both of you, for your condolences. (hug)

We had an interesting theory come up today -- one of our friends wondered if she'd been snakebitten. Would explain the neurological issues she had AND the necrotic wound. (I've seen plenty of rattlesnake bites on other animals through the years, and this wound looked like that. She even behaved...

Well, we just culled her. Or I guess, more accurately, we euthanized her, because it was at least as much for her sake as for the flock's. I went out to feed her and couldn't find her. Finally found where she'd pushed herself into a planting bucket on its side. Picked her up, noticed a...

I have a big flock of birds who are all healthy (aside from a mite infestation that we've just about kicked) except for one. On September 1st, my daughter went to enter her show chickens in the fair and they were disqualified for having mites. (Talk about a tragic day for an 11-year-old...)...

Thank you everyone! I'm going to ask a question in the sick birds forum... been searching to see if anyone had the same issue already and I don't *think* I've found my question answered, so here goes.

Here is either Larry or Curly -- one of the barred rock cockerels sent by the hatchery to keep a small order of replacements warm. day 56 - you can't go home again by Mrs Rachel, on Flickr Here is Orwen with a few of her babies from our first-ever hatch: day 139 - orwen and babies by Mrs...

I've been coming to the BYC forums to search for answers to chicken questions for a long time and I finally decided to join. I'm Rachel; I live in central California near Yosemite and I have (completely by accident, mostly) 49 chickens. We started out with a dozen RIR hens and a RIR rooster...