We have 2 rescue chickens, breed is possibly golden-buff and they are of unknown age.
One of the two is displaying signs of sickness: sparse feathering on her underside, she is favoring one leg, her poo is slimy and very stinky. She has something coming out of her vent that I can only describe...
I have a three year old Old English Bantam hen - the photo of her I've attached is for reference but not from today - who started laying again last week after a several month pause. Her last egg was the day before yesterday and was intact but had a rough shell. Yesterday she went into her...
So today my australorp hen pooped this out:
Yesterday she was fine but now my Peggy is slow, quiet (she didn't even call to be let out/fed this morning!) and didn't want to leave the laying box. She had been straining all morning in the box and had barely eaten. We've coaxed her out of the...