hen illnesses

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    Chicken very ill, need urgent advice

    Hi, my family are new chicken owners. We have 2 white Sussex hens. Recently we came back from holiday and found one of the hens incredibly ill. Whilst we were away we left her with relatives (I regret this greatly now!) And I think they told us that the hens coop would leak and get wet during...
  2. R

    Blood blister on Hen

    We might have an issue that I noticed this morning.. I have a 8 young chicken, 4 mos old. In that group I have 3 roosters for sure and they get a little aggressive to my Isa Browns that are the sweet ones. Anyway today I noticed a pretty large blood blister on Poppy(hens name). I really dont...
  3. couuntrygirl13

    Chickens Keep Dying One By One

    A couple months ago, I moved houses. We made a coop out of a room in the barn that was used for horses or cows by the previous owner. All my chickens from my old house loved the new place and were doing just fine. Then, I decided to add new chickens. I got 4 Speckled Sussex and 2 Polish hens...
  4. kimyey

    Bumblefoot.....:(

    Hello chicken lovers! I want to ask anyone here if they've dealt with bumblefoot.. we have about 15 girls and 7 out of the 15 are infected in both feet. I've watched countless videos and read several websites. once taking the scab off there was no pus just this odd color skin tissue? I'm not...
  5. O

    My La Bresse Hen has a drooping tail. What should I do?

    So this evening at about 8 something I noticed that my hen had a drooping tail and wasn't moving much. Her eyelids sometimes remained semi-closed and her comb was a bit pale. I haven't checked her vent to see if it could be egg binding. I doubt it is since she laid an egg at around 11 to midday...
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