Hey all! So, in 2020 (like half the country, I got chickens. 8 week old pullets. They've been awesome! Lately I've been wanting to expand my flock, and decided I wanted babies. I went to a poultry expo and got (2) 8 week silkies, and (2) 1 week old Ameracaunas. (none of these have been vaxxed)...
so on friday (it’s monday) my duck mushu was found in the evening injured and covered in fly eggs. i used a lice comb to get most of the eggs off, but a few straggling maggots made their way into her head wound, which seems to go down to the bone. it is located right between her eyes and right...
Every evening about dark I go out to close up pens and put up a dozen or so game pullets that do not want to roost in the bigger pens. On the way out I walk past a bunch of pens where the birds within can be seen perched. Most are sleeping unless I make too much noise while walking by. It got...