I’ve raised chickens for 20 years and have never seen this before. The egg is soft which I have seen but a cord attached?!! My chickens are 6 months old and have just started laying. Weird!!
Refuse to think of the egg as a baby. Put that thought out of your mind. The egg is not a baby chick, it is a gift to you from your hen so accept the gift and be grateful and enjoy. It will be the best egg you have ever eaten!
Texas. It was a very hot summer and I thought maybe I lost a couple due to heat even though they have access to all kinds of water. We even ran a sprinkler for them when it was over 100. Well, big lesson learned always vaccinate. I'll not bring in anymore till these have all passed. Wonder...
They were not vaccinated and I got all of them from Tractor Supply online. I bought 18 chicks and of those 5 have died of no apparent reason. The three older ones came from Ideal Hatchery also with no vaccination and I started with 12. Three of those I think died of sour craw. Maybe the...
I have one hen that limps as if her leg is broken and yawns really big with her beak in the air and another that is limping as if she has a sore leg. Has my roo broken their leg or do they have a vitamin deficiency or is the dreaded Mareks disease? The hens are 6 months old.
Thank you, thank you! Yes I will change the feed, get the medicine and spa day til she is better. I have 4 grown hens and I had no Ideal I could be harming the little ones with the wrong feed. Thank you again for the great info.
First picture is the beast bone. You can see the nice pink bony skin and then the brown bumpy hard skin. Second pic is of the vent area it's hard and bumpy.
It looks like a fungus maybe. Feeding Purina Omega 3, treats are June bugs, I have 19 chickens with a pen and house. Yard area is the size of 3 car garage. House has room for 12 to roost, others roost in the pen on saw horses. Feed probably should be baby food but everyone else is thriving...
My 2 month old chick has hard brown bumpy skin all around vent and on vent and it goes up her breast bone. I gave her a bath soaking the rear. It did not soften. She has diarrhea and is half the size of her siblings. She acts as though she feels bad. Any suggestions would be appreciated to...