I have 4 Buff Orphington ducks that are 2 years old. They free range with my chickens in our yard which is surrounded by fields with a treeline on one side. Four days ago when I went out to put everyone in the coop for the night, one of the female ducks was missing. When she was not there...
Not sure what kind, looks kind of like a barnavelder-or how ever you spell it, and not sure if male or female.
This chicken just showed up on our property at our place of business months ago. It had been doing pretty good, we looked out for it every day but a few days ago it came up with a...
Hi! My hard-luck pullet got attacked by something and she has a broken shoulder/wing with puncture wounds. The wounds are healing well after 3 days, but I cannot get this wing set in a sling correctly! Wraps and self-adhesive bandages keep falling off. Finally, I made a sock into a...
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Today has been quite the trial-error day, but so far my chick Raptor seems to be stable. She's a gold laced wyandotte x rhode island red cross, and has so much spunk. She's my favorite, hand raised, but hatched under my hen March 30th. My coop has four layers of fencing, the innermost is...
Please could somebody give some advice. Yesterday I went out to check on my hens and one of them had her wing drooping down. The other side is fine. It has no movement at all, when she was flapping to get away from me when I tried to catch her it didn’t move. It’s drooping low and she trips on...
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I am new here but have had chickens and ducks for about a year now. We just moved and I built my chickens a big run to go out in. Unfortunately one of my chickens must have flown out and a dog attacked. Her wing is broken and the bone is protruding out under her wing :( this happen a...
Yes, today, one of my chickens had surgery. We found she had broken her wing in 2 places and her wing was holding on by some tissue. We thought it would fall off all by itself but it didn't. So then we had a choice: Shotgun or vet. Well, she's so sweet I didn't want to kill her. So this morning...