I found her yesterday laying down, looked dead. She got up when I was there and opened coop door and her neck/head were all raw and bleeding. I sprayed the wounds with half hydrogen peroxide/half water. She is not eating but she is pooping. I have her in the basement with food and water raised...
My rhode island red is about 2 years old and was lethargic and not eating so we knew she was sick. We wanted to separate her from the rest of the chickens in case she was contagious. My husband thought he knew what she had and we treated her with antibiotics for close to a week. The diarrhea has...
OK so we got our chickens at the end of May and have had a great time and lots of fun watching them grow. My issue is the chicken poo! We used to pick them up and now I am afraid of the smelly crap getting on me. I went to wrap up a hose and got a horrible blob on my hands and the stuff smells...