pale combs

Hello! I have 2 Black Sex Links that I rescued as chicks some months ago; they were pretty sick back then, but managed to pull through. They're about 7-8 months old now, and one has been laying for about a month now, but her sister (Dotty) has yet to lay. The girls were in the same cage for a...

Back in january I posted about how 3 of our hens plus our rooster had started having combs similar to those during molting that just didn't go away and how we had thought it was just winter combs due to them acting normal. Until a fourth hen had dropped dead out of nowhere wich led us to giving...

Hello! I’m sorry if it is rude to post in the emergency section before I have introduced myself properly on here, but my chickens are sick and I am desperate! This is my first time raising chickens and I have been constantly reading up and trying to educate myself as best as I can, but they’re...

Four days ago it was 94 and despite filling the water in the morning, it was empty. One chicken was down for the count. I followed suggestions on this site. She started to cluck by the evening and appeared better. Now her comb is very pale and laying over. Kind of looks deformed. She looks...

Our favorite girl isn't feeling well and I'm a new chicken mom so I need some advice/reassurance lol Yesterday I brought her in and have her quarantined because she was making a rattling/crackling sound when she breathed. She was also sneezing and every once in a while would have a snot...

Hey all, I have three hens - 1 polish, 1 red sex link, 1 Black sex link. We’ve been battling a bad case of mites since January on and off. Because it’s still cold here (Illinois) I’ve been using Prozap garden and poultry dust with permethrin. I was able to use a mite spray last week when it...

Our 4 hens combs are turning pale. A month ago we got a rooster for our 4 hens. Our girls are still laying everyday and no signs of odd behaviour or illness except that there combs are turning pale pink. The rooster still has a bright red comb. As a precaution, we have dusted them a few days...