I have 1 chicken and 1 guinea hen left in my flock. I went away for the weekend and when I got back she lost a good portion of her feathers. She has never molted like this before. What else could cause it
I’m not sure if our bird is sick. She had been broody for a while. When she came out she then began molting and lost most of her feathers at the same time. I noticed a soiled back end and thought that she had diarrhea, then I found her sleeping in the nesting box and it was filthy. I also...
The guineas are 16 months. There were 6, now I have three. They are housed with six chickens which all seem to be healthy. They all grew up together from about a week old. Started with hi protein favoring the guineas then switched to layer feed when hens started laying
Just found another guinea dead. The last one had a necropsy and cause of death was fatty liver disease.
they all eat layer feed which I give to the chickens. And watermelon, which they love.
they free range for about 2 hours a day.
Turns out they are obese weighing in at 8 lbs.
Any ideas on...
She/he hasn’t been moving around much. She has been in the same spot for almost 24 hours. Coop door is open but won’t go out. Just laying there. Is that normal.