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A few weeks ago I noticed my bantam pekin cockerel had a red, swollen bum area which had poop stick on to it. There were some tiny maggots in the poop and we cleaned it up. We checked again recently and it was the same again, as he was swollen around his bum and there was a white/yellowish puss...

I have currently got one of my Silkie hens sitting on 4 eggs but is in the hutch that she shares with the Silkie cock but shares the outdoor area with 2 Pekin bantams. When these chicks hatch I was wondering whether or not to take the chicks away from the hen, leave them where they are or...

My 10 week old silkie hen is having problems using it's legs, the first time I noticed it, it looked like it was limping and finding it hard to walk, slightly falling to the side and using it's wing to try and keep it balanced, it got worse the next day and then the two following days in seemed...