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I have a hen who was staying indoors in a dog crate to recover from a predator attack. She’s just about ready to go back outside, except a couple days ago she started showing signs of fowlpox. The thing is, I also have a pet lovebird. She’s down the hall and I’m keeping the door to her room...

Update! The tips of all three front toes turned black and shriveled up, and one of them has fallen off; she has about half a toe left there. I'm sure she'll lose the other two as well, but she should be able to walk fine regardless. The worst is behind us. The rest of her foot is recovering...

Honestly I wish it was! I have looked and looked and nothing! Circulation definitely seems impaired but the main part of her foot is not fluid-swollen so much as it feels like a hard, swollen joint. I am wondering if she got her foot caught on something, twisted/broke/crushed it trying to get...

Haven’t tried AVC. I’m not familiar with that treatment. I really hope amputation doesn’t become necessary. I had a roo born missing a leg and he did adapt and hop around, but it was very hard on his joints in his remaining leg. He had a greatly shortened lifespan and I suspect the wear and...

Brought home from the feed store today. The entire foot is swollen and purplish. Skin is split between toes, I think from being stretched so tight. There is also a small split in the bottom of her foot from the pressure, got a lot of clear yellow fluid out of that, but it is not bumblefoot. A...

Over the last month, I’ve found 3 dead hens on my backyard. (Not my chickens, but I do have chickens in secure coops.) In each case, the entire bird seems to have been eaten except for some of the wings (and a foot in one case). In all three cases, the gizzard was untouched; other than that...

So one of my silkies has been broody for a few weeks now and I’ve been keeping an eye on her (she does not get to hatch any babies this time, unfortunately). Today she got off her nest voluntarily for the first time in weeks—I picked her up and realized—HUGE parasite infestation. I haven’t...

Thank you! What a handsome roo you have there!

I had three “surprise” chicks this fall! Two silkies and one half-silkie (same dad). One of the silkies is a funky color and I was wondering if there’s an official name for it? Here he is, the toasted marshmallow one! Dad is white, mom is buff. His sister is white with just a little gray in...

Thanks for the tip. It’s our smaller coop used for the birds that haven’t joined the main flock yet, and I’ve been meaning to put in better roosts but haven’t yet. I need to get on that. While I’ve got you here, any ideas on a modified roost for a one-legged rooster? Neither round nor 2x4”...

Thanks! I really do wish I had better pictures from recently, she is so adorable. :)

“Her” name is Jelly Bean and she’s five months old. One-quarter Silver Phoenix, otherwise a mutt for generations back (bantam/barnyard). “She” had two siblings that were obviously male, whom we’ve already rehomed. We don’t have room for another rooster. She looks like a girl to me, but her...

I’ve had chooks for over a decade now and really love having them. Looking forward to trading stories and information with like-minded people! Right now my flock of around 20-25 includes Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Black Australorps, Silkies, and of course, all my silly...