My pekin hen Little Edie, aged around 3 years, is suddenly lame in one leg. Happy, chatty, eating drinking & pooing normally, but her right leg is not weight-bearing and the foot doesn’t respond to stimulus. I’ve had her indoors for several days and wrapped the leg in vet’s tape to try and give...
Hi! I've been keeping hens for about 3 and a half years in the backyard of my Victorian terrace - if you know English houses you will know that these yards are not particularly big, but it's all theirs. We have a run with bark chippings as well as the cemented space, which is really easy to keep...
Hi all,
My wheaten pekin (cochin) hen had a bit of a swollen head last week and one eye closed. I treated her with antibiotics and the swelling has gone, she's eating and scratching and pooing, but she now has a hard lump the size of a ball bearing under the skin next to her comb that I've not...