I have one two year old hen with scaley legs. Her legs are also mottled with grey and red splotches.The scales are slightly lifted. She also has some white spots on her comb. Does this look like mites? Gold laced Wyandotte. Not sure if she is laying because we have two. She is acting healthy.
I had some left over baytril on hand and gave her a dose last night and this morning. She has improved. The honking is less and her breathing is not as stressed. That leads me to believe it is an infection.
The fluid was noted after I picked her up. But, it was awhile later. I sat with her and observed for an hour.
The temperature got to the low 90s yesterday. That is slightly warmer than we have had so far this summer.
I'll check the crop this morning.
My 2 year old hen is making repetitive honking noises and seems to be having difficulties breathing. She is active, has normal color and attitude. We have isolated her. She doesn't have a sour smell or anything visible in her throat. Her crop is full and has a few large bits in it. Thoughts on...
Update: We sent her in to the state lab for a necropsy. The pathologist said her liver had ruptured, but she did not have fatty liver. Apparently, this is not common but happens sometimes.
One of my girls seems to have a frequently poopy booty. She hasn’t had any health issues yet. Is this normal? Should I trim the feathers? Also newbie question, do you bathe chickens in winter? She is 8.5 months old, gold lace Wyandotte.
It was a new bag of food, opened this week and it seems ok. The food outside did get rained on. I wonder if it could have molded in one day?
We do have poisonous snakes and spiders, but it has been cool so I haven’t seen them out.
Our sapphire gem died suddenly today. She was fine in the morning and laid a normal egg. Four hours later she was on the ground in the run, still warm with no injuries. It felt like she had small rocks in her crop.
I am going to contact our vet Monday to see about a necropsy. I’m wondering if...