My buff Orpington, approx 10 months old started to act a bit strange. I found her hiding and not with her flock and chicks per usual. We just lost a chick but unsure what happened to it. Probably a predator. My hens freely roam the acreage. I knew something was wrong then when she allowed me to...
3 yo RIR. Has been “off” for over a year. Goes through cycles of lethargy. Hasn’t laid in quite some time. Smallest in the flock, bottom of the pecking order. Has had sour crop before (3 months ago) and I was able to alleviate it by regurgitation. She immediately perked up, resumed normal...
I have a 3, almost 4, week old olive egger pullet that just started acting this way today. She wont eat anything i try to offer, not even wet crumble, which she would normally go crazy for. I have to give her water in tiny quantities (like tiny rain drops) otherwise she acts like shes choking...
I inherited my chickens with the house we bought so I have no background on Ginger Henny. She has had ascites for 2 months and I have drained 45-50cc's off of her twice in the last month to try to help her. I took her to the vet and she said it was probably heart disease. Her comb is not blue or...
Hello, I'm a new chicken mama and not sure how worried I should be. Yesterday I let the chicks have some play time in their new chicken run. Somehow there was a plastic bead on the ground - about 1/4" in diameter with a hole in the center. The chicks were pecking at it, and when I tried to take...