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My daughter & I were getting a pen of chickens ready for the 4H tour meeting yesterday & our nicest, young rooster has a leg issue. We don't know if is an injury or the start of bumble foot. He won't put any pressure ont he right foot - Any insights?

Just got a call from neighbor caring for our birds that three of our meaties were dead this morning. We are on our way home from cabin. Have appointment with processor for tomorrow. My worry is about loosing any more before they get butchered. It was hot last night & they probably should have...

Does anyone else have a three legged dog? We just adopted a rescue English Shepherd through the NESR organization. (http://www.nesr.info/adoption-english-shepherd-dog.html#Hiro) He is about 5 yrs old. Sweetest dog I have met. Just wondering what to expect. He is completely missing the front left...

Why is it that when on of my girls ( I have 14 golden laced wyandotte hens/no rooster - virtually not agressive & tolerate handling well) go broody - it seems to be picked on by the more dominent hens? I have one right now who sits in the corner in a nest, the others lay eggs & she sits on them...

We have 14 golden laced wyandottes hatched last Feb. They have been fabulously health (one bout with cocci but we got through it, with only one loss). We get about 6-9 eggs a day. We haven't had a molt ( I am keeping a light on them) My questions is, we noticed yesterday their rose combs are...

One of my 24 week old Golden Laced Wyandottes was in bad shape on the 21st with cocci. I removed her from the flock and put her in an animal carrier and have been treating the whole flock with corid for cocci. There is two others of the 24 that had some bloody poo - not as bad as hers, but I...

We lost one of our 24 week old Golden Laced Wyandottes Wednesday and am trying to figure out how this happened. They have been very healthy. I was watching for cocci with the little Cornish Rock we got about 4 weeks ago that I have in a separate area of our property. My DH didn't want to use...

I have 25 - twenty week old Golden Laced Wyandotte pullets (or are they now hens??). My coop is 6x8 and I have a 10X12 enclosed run. My problem is they have just started laying and I only have 3 nesting boxes. They have the run of the yard, I know I am pushing the inside space with my birds...

hello all - i have been reading posts on this site and have appreciated all of the insights. We adopted 4 bantees 2 roos and 2 hens last fall and have made it through the winter. I thought I was getting egg layers - shows you how dense I was. Anyways, we now have 3 week old chicks, don't know...