Thanks for the insights. Pics attached (ignore the spider webs around her head as there must of been one in the dog kennel that I use as a "chicken hospital" since it thankfully hasn't seen any use for a long time). I don't see anything around her tongue except there was a small piece of hay in...
Just looking for any insights. I came home today to discover a chicken I can't figure out what's going on with her. I have 8 hens (no rooster), all was fine yesterday, checked on them this afternoon for the first time today - it's been terribly cold here so I never opened their coop/pen this...
Hello - am new to this and we hatched our first set of babies from eggs - they were born 35 days ago and are getting somewhat big for their home (wire cage) that we created for them. The cage has been right alongside our 6 adult (2+yr) hens where they roost at night (they free range during the...
We had tried numerous things (moving her frequently, taking the eggs, elevated kennel, etc) and then I read somewhere that you should move them after they go to sleep at night - worked like a charm (after 6 weeks of no success with other things I'd read). I went out for 3 nights in a row after...
Hello - I'm fairly new to this world. Raised 6 chickens from pullets this past summer (2014), lost 4 over the summer to predators (stopped free-ranging and built a coop inside a small farm building after that) and then in August, introduced 4 new girls to the group and a Roo late this fall...