My girl is a hot mess sometimes.
Last winter, she would make her crop worse and worse because she was ravenous. Food didn’t pass into her system quick enough. So as she ate more she made it worse!
Salt (crop issues girl) is definitely a tough cookie. All my girls are. Hey, if they survived my terrible newbie brooder, they can survive anything!
My Orp girl, the only one with a spotless health record, (meaning she’s the only one who’s never had a major injury, infection, or mental issues...
I seemed to have a “Honeymoon period” with them. I got them all in April of last year. They had perfect health until my SBE screwed up her left leg pretty bad. She was 8 weeks old and tiny. It wasn’t a fun time. We had to take her to the vet! Which we swore we wouldn’t do. But nothing was...
Me? Well, I have two girls with bumblefoot on BOTH FEET. So after I got home this afternoon it was an epic showdown between me and a pair of angry hens who wanted no part in my “soak, clean, slather, wrap, repeat” process. I have a cut next to my eye from a sharp, broken wing feather shaft that...