Hi thanks everyone for the great suggestions. Stripe is doing great. Everything looks like it's healing and he's drinking and eating really well. He's in the house with me in a crate, and even crows from time to time, which makes me very happy:lol:. His left wing looks nearly healed, but his...
Gosh dang it, I put this on my rooster last night. I just posted a message under emergencies, diseases, etc. "Tore up rooster." Stripe seems to be doing OK considering his injuries. I am going to remove it tonight as suggested and put neosporin or something I find at the feed store for poultry...
My 3 month old Ameraucana rooster, Stripe, was attacked by our foster puppies yesterday. I read some of the other posts but I am so new to chickens that I am seeking some suggestions for this particular horrid injury on his rear and wing. Most of his tail feathers were tore out, and a couple of...
It has been raining, snowing, and hailing today. We live in Northeast Arizona, elevation 6,600 feet, and new to raising chickens. My husband is building a coop and I am wondering if he needs to fully enclose it? He has the bottom covered with sheet metal and the rest with chicken wire. It gets...
Hi everyone, I found this website when I Googled "lethargic chickens." My husband and I are new to chickens. We have two Americana Roosters, Spot and Stripe. They are 3 weeks old and looking great. We just purchased six new chicks, breed unknown. My husband says they are mixed, he picked them up...