Thank you so much for this. I'll get to work on finding a saddle right now! Thank you, thank you. I am new to chickens, adore them, and am grateful I could turn to "y'all" for help.
I've just rescued by hen from a dog who roughed her up pretty well: she now has a big bald spot on her back with a puncture wounds and an area where the skin is torn away. I've sprayed it with Vetricin and she is isolated. Here are my questions:
What else can I do to help her?
How can I...
Thank you to everyone who wrote in. I am keeping an eye on her for fowl pox, but I do believe the area that looked like yellowish bumps might have been where she was scratching it against some surface. Looks
better now, and she doesn't seem as itchy, so I'm less worried, but still watching...
Hi, I'm a new member in eastern MA with 2 Buff Orps, 1 Black Australop, 1 Gold Laced Wyandotte, 2 Barred Rocks, 1 White !Rock, and1 Red Star. This is a new endeavor and we LOVE our chickens!
My two and 1/2 month old Wyandotte has a very red, "sick" looking area where the comb should have been; I believe that the comb started developing and then - it was gone. ??? Thought at first an injury but the situation continues to develop with more redness that seems to be spreading. Her...