I am having the same problem. I have 2 Red Sexlinks, 2 Buff Orpington (currently molting), 2 Americauna, and 2 Australorps. It has been around 2 months and only 1 of the Red Sexlinks is laying, and only about 2 eggs per week. The first 4 are 2 years old and the other 4 are 3 years old. I live in...
I had the same thing this morning, almost exactly. I washed off her claw and sprayed some blue coat on it because the cut didn't seem to be clotting even with a cloth with pressure. That seemed to help.
So I have had chickens for a little over a year now and all was fine until one my hens started to lay some eggs with thin shells. This was not a problem initially, but since they like to share nests, one of the thin shelled eggs got smashed and the other hens started to peck at it and eventually...
Thank you NUDGE, I will look for it.
WYORP ROCK, she is eating and drinking fine on her own and I have her isolated, but I think she's board and misses her sisters.
What is blue lotion? One of my 6 week old pullets got pecked in the head by one of my adult hens today and she has a pretty good sized wound that she keeps scratching at. What is a good way to keep her from scratching at it?