I put a band-aid on her legs last night & she was sleeping with her legs out to the side which I couldn't get a picture of because as soon as I got close they all started chirping & woke her up!
Today when I came home the band-aid was off so I have put another one on but, she still seems very...
OK, so I am a bit of a duffer. I didn't think to do an EcoSearch on it & I saw YouTube videos on putting bandaid/plasters around the chickens legs. I had read it here but, wasn't sure exactly where I was to put it.
What I worry about now is that when she (I hope) lays down the whole...
Hello everyone,
I've read through a few posts but, I'd like some confirmation here. I have 4 barely a week old chicks & 1 of them has one of it's legs out to the side most of the time (more so than any of the others) but, I've noticed as the others have grown stronger it seems to get weaker...
Hey! How have you gone?
I've done my gir's legs a few times but the 2 I am really concerned about still seem very scaly. They are getting a new coop soon so I am hoping that will help. I've looked around under their feathers & don't see any sort of mites but, they have bad scaly legs.... so I...
I usually wait until I've had some sort of "inspiration" or something just sounds right for that particular hen. We currently have
Snow White (adopted with that name) who is a leghorn cross I think
Pinkie (also adopted w/name already) who seems to be an Isa cross
Freckles - he only made it to...
Hello everyone,
I brought my 4 chicks home that were incubated,oddly by someone I never met nor ever heard his voice, a bit weird but, it worked I suppose. I now have NO IDEA what type of chicks I have as I had the eggs marked & well.... now they don't have that lol.
Anyway, I have 2 little...
Well, I am still new but, I think it's worse than chicken math but, become animal math!
I live in what we call in Australia "public housing" but, since we had approval to make a community garden several of the residents asked me to approach housing & ask if we could have chickens. We got the...
Well doing the old dusting wasn't any fun for them or me! It seemed to take me hours to catch them, vasaline their legs & dust them. I think I got as much dust as they did in the end! Tho I didn't see any red bum reactions - just a lot of irritated clucking! lol. Bless them. I figure a little...
Sadly I didn't have most of the stuff so instead of buying it someone from another place put their hand up to incubate them for $1 each. Keeping fingers crossed that some of them live!
G'day! How's your Arvo going? MIne isn't too bad. I am down here in Melbourne - Eastern Burbs! Still pretty much right near the city sadly enough but, don't hold that against me. I'm new here & to having chickens. Glad to see other Aussies here! I had a pick at the for sale section & started...
Heya Hey Everybody!
Yes, another newbie here both to BYC & to having them! I live in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia in what is called Public Housing. I started a project of a community garden in the shared back yard which now includes 4 hens. I am doing this on a wing & a prayer...