Hi y'all! Yesterday I was at the local feedstore and noticed these 3 were separated from the rest of the chicks. The black one is always looking down (maybe a neck deformity?), one orange chick has a slightly misaligned beak and a malformed left eye, the other orange one has a very crossed beak...
Hi all! Just woke up to find my girl looking like this! Is she missing an eye? I’m so upset I feel so awful. She’s seems fine otherwise, eating, drinking, running around. I have separated her from the others but am worried this will stress her out as she has two buddies she has a strong bond...
One of my chicken eggs just hatched out and upon looking at it I’ve noticed it has scissor beak. I’ve never seen something like this before, what is the protocol for a deformity like this? I don’t want to humanly euthanize it unless necessary as other sources say they can live long happy lives...
This morning I went to feed my chickens and let them go outside. I noticed one of my New Hampshire Reds seemed to have one side of her face swollen. I didn't think much of, but then she came back in the coop, and she is missing an eye! She is acting completely normal, and none of the other...
A racoon just attacked my 2 year old silver laced wyandotte. She is still alive and there is no blood but lots of missing feathers. 1/2 of her beak the lower half she cant move it, only the top half moves, one of her eyes is sealed shut it looks like she might have lost it but I cannot tell, the...
So a few days ago I noticed all of a sudden that my Welsummer, about eight months old, had one eye dug out or something. It was covered in mud, blood, swelling, and no eye was visible (it might still have been there, but it would have been buried under dirt and blood). She showed no signs of...