I just got off the phone with the vet’s technician and I’m overwhelmed, shocked, and mentally distressed, to say the least.
On 8/23 sometimes in the early afternoon, one of my hens started limping. Next day, she did not walk at all. I read up about bumble foot, and she did have a small scab on...
Hello, I have a jumbo pekin named Peacher who is suffering from strange bruising on her feet. She is currently being treated by a vet and is on pain killers and antibiotics and SSD cream but the "bruising" is spreading. My vet and myself are stumped as to what the cause is. The bruising starts...
(Graphic images ahead) I have a 3 year old EE hen who had a messy behind. I didn't get to it the last two days and tonight when I cleaned it up in the bath I realized there was a big problem. What initially looked and felt like a very hard stuck case of pasty vent seems to be a necrotic prolapse...
Our two year ISA Brown, Maple, has come down with a prolapsed vent. I didn’t notice it yesterday, so I think it must be relatively new. She is still moving about, wanting to eat, and acting like her normal self. We have soaked her bottom in hot water, but after cleaning her up noticed some hard...
So, earlier today I bought a few ISA Browns from a local store chain. I've only been raising chickens now for a little less than a year, and I didn't have this problem with my first batch of chicks I bought, so I have no experience with it. On top of this, I have even less experience with...