I have about a 3 month old baby hen with a huge lump on her breast! Its soft, and i have been watching it over a few days, it hasn't done anything. She lays down when she eats. And it is also hard for her to walk, it just hangs there. Any ideas on how to confront her and make it go away if...
it has almost been to mouths. that what i thought a first, its a 10x12. im hoping they will come out of it. its fall where i live so we just put the heat lamp on. hoping they come out of it but i have also notice they have been fighting a lot.
The are keep in a outside pen during the day till i get home from school, so they get let out at about 2:30 and on the weekends they are always out. when they are always out we don't get any eggs. very stumped.
I have a flock of chickens with 28 hens and 3 rosters. This summer i expand my chicken coop and the second day they where moved in egg production stopped i have made the 3 different types of nesting boxes, changed there food and water dish. They have hay in there nesting poxes and i give them...
Hi all, i have a few hens that are eating there eggs. I have herd that you have to get rid of them to stop it. is there any other way that you could stop it with out getting rid of them? if you have anything please share! thanks so much!!!
I have a 2 year old layer hen and just today i noticed that she was acting funny. threw out the day i went out to check on her and she was in the nesting box, i thought she was trying to lay an egg but her bum area was really red and she was pooping milky white diarrhea? She has been drinking...
I need some help! i love my chickens and im hatching my own chicks. I have had 2 die so far and another just came out. He/shes umbilical cord is really thick and stick and is not coming off. its also bleeding? He/she looks great, but it not coming off? Any ideas what to do, or why its not coming...