Hi there,
About a week ago I noticed a not so pleasant smell coming from our brooder. We have 13 5 week olds and 5 3 week olds in there. I'm perfectly fine with the smell of chickens....I actually enjoy it most of the time, but I've been keeping an eye on my 5 week old salmon Faverolles because she seems much more mellow than the rest, resting a bit ore but she does get up and eat and drink too. Anyway, today I picked her up and noticed the smell that I've smelled is coming from her head. For lack of a better description, it kind of smells like a can of peas. I can't say I've been in the brooder long enough to see her poop lately. I tried to search on here for bad smelling heads and came up empty. I'm guessing this is not something that's good....that she smells funny. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
About a week ago I noticed a not so pleasant smell coming from our brooder. We have 13 5 week olds and 5 3 week olds in there. I'm perfectly fine with the smell of chickens....I actually enjoy it most of the time, but I've been keeping an eye on my 5 week old salmon Faverolles because she seems much more mellow than the rest, resting a bit ore but she does get up and eat and drink too. Anyway, today I picked her up and noticed the smell that I've smelled is coming from her head. For lack of a better description, it kind of smells like a can of peas. I can't say I've been in the brooder long enough to see her poop lately. I tried to search on here for bad smelling heads and came up empty. I'm guessing this is not something that's good....that she smells funny. Any help would be greatly appreciated!