A couple of days ago I noticed my 2 yr old brahma limping. I picked her up to inspect her legs and couldn't find anything wrong with them, but was surprised to find a lump on her back, a very large lump under her feathers, about 3 inches wide! The lump is hard and fixed, the skin is normal...
A while ago I got some ducks for the first time...Been learning a lot.
I was thinking that I would keep them with the chickens, and with that have had to make changes with the chicken's set up, trying to find what works best for both. I leave the waterer in the coop like I always have, where it...
About a month ago I picked up a couple of Pekin ducklings from the feed store. They seemed so skittish whenever I reached in to change the water and feed them. So I would hold them to try to calm them down..I wanted them to understand I wasn't going to harm them. They won't relax. Now they...
I went out to get eggs this afternoon and found this in the nest box....It broke open fairly easily,
Is this a tumor? What the heck is it?
I couldn't tell which one of my hens it might have come out of. They seem fine.
I have a flock of thirteen chickens and a few of them have me concerned.
I noticed a couple of the older ones seemed listless and their feathers ruffled. I checked their wieght and and they seemed pretty light, thier breast bone was prominant so I wormed them just to eliminate that question...