One of my chickens was attacked by my dog. Luckily we stopped it right away. She was injured on her back (a small area) I brought her inside, cleaned her up and put her in a pen in the garage. I've been using vetricyn (spell?) spray and Neosporin. It has been 4 days and she hasn't really moved...
One of my hens has frequent honking fits and holds her mouth open a lot. She has been doing this for over a month, maybe longer. At first I thought it was respiratory (she is a young bird) but now I am not so sure. She had a little blood on her beak today and my 9 year old daughter said she saw...
Okay our momma hen (Gracie) just hatched 4 baby chicks, it's been 7 days). I had them in a dog crate in the coop so she could care for them and not worry about leaving her last 2 eggs. Today I decided it was time to let them out. Can I go ahead and just let them be? OR do I have to continue to...
Hi all,
This is my first time incubating chicks and so far everything has been great. I have 12 beautiful fluffy chicks which started hatching on Monday. I have a few more that still need to hatch, and two "day old" chicks in the incubator. The day old chicks actually hatched early this...
One of my hens hurt her wing. It isn't dragging on the ground or anything, but she holds it kinda low and she wont try to go all the way to the top of the Roost anymore. I read that you should wrap it if it's broken so that it can reset and heal but haven't found anything on sprains. I don't...