I put out a post concerning the same signs in my Jersey Giant and had not heard anything. I found your post from a few years ago and I was wondering what came of it? My girl has a left swollen hock. It is warmer than the other leg. She will set it down, but not walk on it. My girl has a great...
Peep will hold her leg up then rest it on the floor. She will not stand on it with full weight nor walk on it. She hops using her right leg and extends her wing to counter balance. It is not red. Normally she keeps her feet strait. The hock is swollen, but is reducing in size daily. It is not...
Good afternoon, I've a Jersey Giant roughly 13 weeks old who has either broke of sprained her left "Elbow". I have her separated from the flock in a separate area of the coop. I had her on the floor, but the dang mice are a menace trying to get at her food, so I placed her in a box to keep them...
Where did you get your chickens? If there aren't enough hens for a rooster you will have some very loved hens. Too many roo's can cause alot of damage. I'd either find them a home or find a pot...
Good evening all. I'd like to as for some words of wisdom. I have a few popular hens that the boys (Mr. Waddles, Chicken Hawk and Mowhawk) are fond of. Their poor wings and backs are virtually featherless. The raitio is 19 hens to 3 Roo's. Two Roosters are Australorps. They are some very big...