Hi, I have a ~5 year old Brahma hen named Boba who I brought inside to treat for flystrike last weekend after noticing her all fluffed up in the yard by herself--I think my boyfriend posted a thread about her when it first happened so maybe someone has heard a little about her situation already...
I’m embarrassed to say this, but I tried putting a sock around my Cayuga who had developed angel wing. It would come off within 10 minutes or during the night. I assumed it had come off a month or two ago but apparently had disappeared under his feathers. I looked for the band but couldn’t find...
We have a Rhode Island Red hen that is almost a year old and took a sudden turn 3 days ago. She lost weight recently, but nothing too drastic. All of the chickens were solely in the coop/run for a few weeks while we replanted grass seed and were giving it a chance to grow a bit. Other than being...
We have a Rhode Island Red hen that is almost a year old and took a sudden turn 3 days ago. She lost weight recently, but nothing too drastic. All of the chickens were solely in the coop/run for a few weeks while we replanted grass seed and were giving it a chance to grow a bit. Other than being...
One of our chickens has been unwell for a few days now. She doesn't really want to move around much and she keeps moving her head and neck like something is stuck in her throat, but we can't feel anything stuck in her throat or crop.
When we caught her she ended up upside down and a strem of...
We have two speckled sussex hens that are now 2 years old. They both stopped laying midwinter and have never restarted. They were laying reliably for over a year before that. Our other 2 hens (one olive egger and one barred rock) are laying fine and did so through the winter. (Light in coop)...
Hi, I’m on day 5 of treating my chickens for coccidiosis with amprolium. I’m still seeing the occasional bloody poop, and today when cleaning out the roosting area I found a large strange fiberous horrible smelling oval thing. Any idea what this is, and if it’s related to the treatment for...
Hello, ive wanted chickens for years and my parents finally got me some. I started with 5 baby chickens but we had to give one away because he was a rooster so then we we were left with 4 hens, unfortunately one is sick!! Her name is Pretty Girl and she has always been a smaller chicken than the...
Hi.i have 9 chickens . one weak ago,one of them wasn't herself.she have sitting in nest box, but no eggs. I have think just like before, she doesn't any problems,because for long time she nesting but no eggs.her eggs were shell less and she didn't laying again,and her abdomen is swollen.but this...
I have the most beautiful, sweetest and kind little baby Welsh Harlequin duckling, Sweet Pea, who won't eat. It's so hard to watch my loving girl and not know what's wrong with her, someone please help me!
We have a White Layer male whose the same age (we bought them together from Metzer...