Breed:Rhode Island Red chicken
Age: 3 years old
Where they live: We have 8 chickens who graze in a forest area in Washington State. They eat Scratch and Peck feed (the best/local feed we have), some corn for fun, bugs, and green plants. They have quite the perfect life, I have to say...
Our chicken had this in the fall when she was molting. Her crop was very bloated and her rear end also. We ended up buying a baby nasal aspirator bulb and gave her a little olive oil enema and kept her only on water and fruit. We also isolated her inside in a box. She ended up living and doing...
We found one of our Aeraucanas walking very slowly today and saw she has sores on both feet (one worse than the other). We've done some internet research and it looks like bumblefoot. Both sides have brown/black scabs, however one foot is more swollen than the other.
We decided to soak her...