We have a leghorn that has a bare bottom and it looks puffy but I’m not sure. She’s running around like normal, eating, pecking, drinking, laying eggs, etc.
It’s been like this for a couple of weeks.
Suggestions or thoughts?
Is this a crop? It looks too low but i’m Still fairly new. It’s soft to the touch and doesn’t seem to bother her as you see in the video.
I’m also concerned because she’s missing so many feathers and has flaky skin. Any ideas? Could it have something to do with being broody?
We lost a rooster 2.5 weeks ago to a neighbor’s dog who jumped the fence. Luckily one another rooster escaped just barely but his feathers were slightly damaged. He is doing much better and running, eating, drinking just fine.
But I noticed he hasn’t crowed since that day (he was then second...
We have 8 hens and one rooster. They all got fowl pox (or so I believe, see photo for reference) and most of them seem to be doing much better. This girl got it last and her comb looks awful. Her energy is still good. Eating well, drinking, running, etc.
But she started squawking but doesn’t...
I need advice on a few different possble issues
1) You’ll see on the big rooster and the white leghorn there are black spots on their combs. These two hatched in early March. Could these spots be from pecking? We do have two of these roosters.
2) the grey bantam hen has a grey bump on her beak...