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My chicken has this wound in the crook of the knee. It started out as a red spot. I thought it was irritation at first. Vet did not know what it was but prescribed antibiotics. The antibiotics have been administered for one week and a bandage has been on for one week but the wound now looks like...

My chicken has this growth on a wattle. It is hard. Does anyone know what this is?

This has been going on for quite sometime since late last summer/early fall. There is a scab on the bottom of my roosters foot that has almost disappeared but came back a couple of times. I could never find a kernel in his foot. This is the most recent wound after removing the scab that came...

Besides pine shavings, straw, hemp and sand, What can possibly be used for keeping chicken feet clean inside their enclosure while inside the house? I can't handle any dust or lung irritants. I am currently using paper bedding but it does not keep feet clean.

I suspect my rooster has bumble foot. He never acted as if anything was bothering him. He hasn't been limping and is eating and doing everything he always does with his usual energy. But today I noticed what I thought was a hardened piece of poop on his foot and I wanted to get it off. I...

I purchased a Cornish Cross on February 24th this year (labeled as a bantam). I soon after suspected it was a meat bird and shared pictures on this forum confirmed it. I read to restrict feed to allow slow growth of the bird and that is what I have been doing. As of now 4/11/20 (about 7-8...

Are they still acting energetic and healthy at this age, running and flying and not weighed down?

I have been thinking about trying chicken diapers for my pet roo. With rubbing alcohol and cleaning supplies suddenly no where to be found, shortage of toilet tissue and paper towels, and that I am down to the end of my bail of pine shavings for his indoor crate, I am pondering the the use of...

This chick was labeled as a bantam but I know that it is not. It is about 13days old.

This chick is about 13 days old. The chik was labeled as a bantam which is now obviously not the case.

I guess he could just be called a buff Orpington ( that is what people have said that he is ) but could he be a mixed breed? He was picked from a horse trough full of chicks with no sign as to what they were and there were different kinds and colors of chicks in there. As a chick he was a...

Hello - I wonder if anyone has seen this white stuff on a comb before? Is it nothing (just dry skin) or something that needs to be treated? Thanks : )

What does it mean when a rooster says buk buk buk buk buk buk ....... BAGOCK! ? He seems to do it when he doesn't like what someone (human) is doing.

Does anyone know what this could be on my rooster's comb? At first I thought he had been pecked when I first saw this about 5 days ago. For a few days I put antibiotic ointment on it. But now I think it must be something different as there has been no improvement. I am very worried. In the...

I am trying to find feed for a 6 month old rooster and all I can find are feeds for chicks or laying hens. Even an internet search for feed seems futile as the searches all bring me to sites that only seem to discuss feeding chicks, pullets or laying hens. I am looking for a feed I can purchase...

I know this site is called "backyard" chickens but I need indoor advice. I have a rooster, Loved pet rooster, That I keep in a coop indoors at night and when I am not home. I do this to keep him safe. - I purchased this coop when he was still a baby. This coop was to be used outdoors inside a...

I didn't really know what forum I should put this under... I have a 4 month old buff orpington rooster. I notice when he gets riled up, and because so is breathing heavy, there is a wheeze. I think the wheezes are with each breath going in and not out. It then subsides when he calms down. He...

Sometimes while in the coop my 3 and 1/2 month old rooster will get down onto the floor, go to and put his face into a corner, lower his body chest first to the floor and start cackling and ranting at the corner. He is not sick. It is behavioral. Does anyone know what he is doing?

My near 3 month old production red hen is turning into a rooster. On February 28th I purchased two female chicks from a farming store, the Production Red and a Barred Plymouth Rock. I only have the two chickens. I wonder now if I purchased a rooster unknowingly or if the hen is morphing into a...

I have two chicks. I have noticed, since last night, that one keeps sitting on her stomach with her legs and feet along her sides. She will get up and look normal if I or the other chick go to her but otherwise keeps going back to the corner and getting back into this position. Last night it...