OK, this isn’t looking good. It started with our 10-month old buff Orpington hen with a bum leg Now, she soiled herself with black tar-like, very stinky poop. And, it looks like the skin has slipped loose from her chest. It just slips back. She doesn’t seem to be in pain. It’s just freaky.
We have a chicken that has been on the nest for days. No eggs underneath her. She just sat there. We boosted her of the nest and she walked around for a bit, but then laid down, with her head down. She made her way back to the coop and laid all day on the floor of the coop. This morning, I...