I just lost my first chicken - a Golden Buff - after 2 years and 2 months. All of a sudden she had a drooping comb which became paler and paler. She behaved as though she had the flu, sort of standing there, not very peppy. Nothing wrong with her legs, no wheezing, no oozy stuff anywhere, no...
I just completed my first full year of backyard chicken farming and I have to say, I love my Black Australorps. They are very mild-mannered, friendly and great egg layers. I do find a lot of entertainment from my Golden Buffs (that's what they were called on the site) - sassy, kinda bossy...
Haha - while tending to this chicken - who, by the way, laid another egg today, she pooped out of the hole I thought only eggs came out. With a little research here, I found out poop and eggs share the same exit. What can I say - I'm new here
Yes, thank you all; I am planning on keeping her in the dark now for a couple of days especially because >> I put her out for fresh air today, thinking it would do her good and since she's an Easter Egger I wouldn't have to worry about another egg today. NOPE! That bird laid another egg today...
I posted yesterday about my hen's painful egg passing. Nothing is hanging out of her vent, but it is pretty irritated. I have cleaned it up and am applying hemorrhoid cream and Neosporin. She is currently in our basement in a dog crate. Should I allow her to go outside (in my mobile unit)...
My chickens are 6 months old (2 Easter Eggers, 1 C. Wyandotte, 5 Golden Buffs & 2 B. Australorps) and today I discovered that one of My EE, Galadriel, had rather painfully laid an egg - the shell has blood smeared all over it. I noticed something wrong when I saw other chickens pecking at her...