Hello,
Can anyone tell me what this white substance is on my chicken's ear? It's been there awhile. I've been waiting to see if it will go away but it hasn't. She is otherwise behaving normally, eating and laying eggs. Thank you.
Mice have started coming to my coop/run at night once the chickens are roosting, and they are having a feast around my 2 Grandpa Feeders. I thought the beauty of the feeder was that it is mouse proof. I'm wondering if the feeder is actually dispensing the food correctly. The feed doesn't come...
One of my hens (I haven't yet figured out who) has been laying eggs with shells that seem to have calcium deposits on them (See photo). I'm wondering why and what I can do to rectify if. I also occasionally get these eggs with white specks all over them. Is this the same thing, or something...
I had a newbie secretly laying her eggs in a little corner next to my house. I was so perplexed why she hadn't started laying since her sisters had all started. Then I discovered the stash - probably close to 3 weeks worth! I caught her trotting into that corner and she wasn't coming out so I...
Hello, I am used to regularly getting algae growth (has always been grass green) in my waterers in the summer and I usually need to give them a good clean 1 - 2X a week. I am no longer getting that light green algae, and instead, there is this very dark green algae-looking material that is...
Have you checked under bushes or plants with lots of foliage? I just found 13 eggs in a secluded corner of my yard this morning! And they belonged to my Speckled Sussex who did the same thing as yours did. Laid a few in the beginning, and then stopped for a couple weeks. Now I know she...
My Blue Australorp is now 25 weeks and she has still not laid an egg. Could there be a problem? I have read that they usually begin laying at 16 - 18 weeks. I've been patiently waiting (and also checking the bushes to see if she's been secretly laying). While I have you, my blue-laced...
My Buff Orpington has had this black stuff on her comb and face for a few days. I was so focused on keeping my flock cool in this intense heat that I just thought it was dirt from all the dust bathing. But now I'm wondering. On closer inspection it doesn't look like dirt at all. Any ideas...
Oh - I really blew it! I don't think I am capable of the surgery - would probably pass out before I even started. It will be OK if I leave it? I will continue to spray with Vetericyn a few times a day. How long should I do this for? Also, should I put Neosporin on for good measure? Is she...
It's been about 24 hours. I didn't have any saline so I washed it well with soapy water. I just ran out this morning to buy wound wash and Neosporin (so I haven't done that yet). I'm posting a photo of the wound wash I bought (not sure if it's saline). Here are also photos of her comb this...
The piece of the comb hanging off is pretty dark/almost black. Will it turn red again or is the tissue dead? Also, thoughts about Blue Kote? I've read that this will prevent others from pecking that area. She is REALLY miserable being separated right now :(. And she is the sweetest thing -...
This is fantastic! Thank you for your detailed response! I have some Vetericyn Plus Antimicrobial Poultry Care. I'm assuming this is not the same as Vetericyn wound spray, correct? And is the wound spray the same as the wound "ointment" used to glue everything back together? Thank you...
I successfully integrated my March-hatched chicks (now 19 weeks old) into my existing flock awhile ago. Other than the usual pecking, everything has been fine for about a month. Today I noticed that one of their comb's was half blue. Then I noticed it was detached from her head and bleeding...