Thank you, lice and mite check done. Fully caged in run is located 3 fields away from current hens, so yes not fully quarantined just separated. Thanks for your time and advice, much appreciated.
I have 3 existing hens and 2 new girls, I'm using an old spare coup with a connecting run for the newbies at the moment, so there have been no formal introductions!
Hi all, I adopted some unwanted hens yesterday, one has lots of small black scabs on her comb. I currently have her isolated, she has no scabs on her eyes/mouth or missing feathers. I'm unsure if these scabs are from fighting as where she was collected from there was a number of birds all housed...
Thanks, yes I hope it is a previous injury and not an on going infection. The second hen rescued has a very scabby comb but I'll start a new thread with that issue! Thanks again
Hi lovely people, I rescued a couple of unwanted hens yesterday and when I've got them home for closer inspection one has a strange foot, swollen, deformed and sticking up back toe. It's looks as if there has been a cut at one stage across the front of the foot. I'm unsure it this has healed...
Thank you so much for getting back to me, this is so helpful and nice to know others have had experience with this. It looks very much like a lash egg from these pics, I've added a photo for your opinion.
However, Good news...After writing my post I went out to check on her and it appears to...
Hi all,
My 8 month old yet seemed a little off yesterday, ruffled feathers, not moving, eyes shut, not wanting to leave the coup. I brought her in the house for 24 hours and gave her a warm bath thinking she may be egg bound. She had much improved overnight and seemed fine this morning so went...