Hello, we purchased 6 Silver Laced chicks from rural king this last Sunday (1 week ago today). I’m assuming they’re no more than 2 weeks old. About 2 days ago I noticed 1 chicks leg was “off”. Balance was off, and it seems to be bending the opposite way but not at the knee, it seems like the...
Please help. I don’t know what I’m dealing with. She is the oldest chicken I have and she has had eye problems for the last 3 days. I started antibiotic ointment for her eye today. But I’d like to know what I’m working with. No other symptoms of any illness or anything. Eating fine, active, and...
Hello everyone. This morning when I let my girls out I noticed one had a swollen eye. When I picked her up and held her I saw two teeny little white “mites” crawling in that general area. panic mode. How do I treat mites? How do I treat her eye? Are the two related? I’ve never had this problem...
Hello! I have a broody momma who had 5 chicks hatch 3 days ago. One externally pipped today, just when we were about to give up. When momma saw it, she started pecking the egg aggressively and kicked pine shavings all over it and drew blood, I’m assuming from the blood vessels on the shell. I...
Hello! I have a broody momma who had 5 chicks hatch 3 days ago. One externally pipped today, just when we were about to give up. When momma saw it, she started pecking the egg aggressively and kicked pine shavings all over it and drew blood, I’m assuming from the blood vessels on the shell. I...
I will be thrilled if I get 10 years with my girls! Chickens are family too. It sounds like Happy Feet had a beautiful life, and a beautiful passing (although none of them are easy). I think that’s the way everyone and everything would like to go, being spoken to softly around people we love and...
Hi everyone. I’m hoping to find some help with my dear Ruby. She is approximately 6 years old, she doesn’t lay anymore, and hasn’t since we “adopted her” last year so I know it’s nothing laying related. I’ve just loved her since the day I met her and wanted to give her a home. She is an Isa...
We have set traps and we are now playing the waiting game. Unfortunately right now the coop is the safest place for them, it’s a converted storage shed so we have a solid floor and doors, and windows are secured and stapled with small chicken wire. We are getting the upgrades we need for the run...
Unfortunately, I lost a second chicken yesterday. My dear Isabelle got snatched up in the 7 minutes I walked in my house to put laundry away. 7 minutes. At 2:30 in the afternoon right out of my front yard. When I walked in, she was in the yard. When I got out, nothing but feathers. It’s eerie to...