I've cleaned her face the best I can and got some better lighting... Nothing out of the ordinary on/around her face and no discoloring, but I now see a pale dot on her wattle near her beak. Could this be a tick or a bee sting, or really early signs of fowl cholera?? She is still behaving 100%...
Thanks!!! I'm really hoping it's not this as I have no idea how they could have developed/caught that... She isn't showing any other symptoms and her face isn't too purple (looking at it right now), she just has significant dirt around her face. I do notice a small pale dot on her wattle so...
Hi there everybody! Unfortunately, Our flock of 4 recently went down to 3 with the sudden death of one of our chickens a few weeks ago. We are unsure of how she died, she was fine, and then an hour later she was dead in the yard, no predators, no obvious illness and no explanation as to why she...
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I have 4 hens; 2 amberlinks (named Katya and Delilah), 1 dominique (named Gita) and 1 production red (named Ginger). My amberlinks and dominique are around 21-22 weeks old, while my production red is about a week younger than them, between 19-21 wks.
Ever since they hit what I call...
Hi there! I'm Micah and I am new to this community, as well as the crazy wonderful world of owning chickens. My parents and I bought 4 pullet chicks on March 22nd from our local Bomgaars store. We bought 2 amberlinks (the 'twins') and 2 dominiques (one of whom we call Gita) but sadly the...