Search results for query: *

I came home today to find feathers everywhere. One of the hens to survive has a huge chunk taken out of her back and lots of feathers removed. She’s still walking and awake but I’m not sure how to treat her, and going to the vet isn’t an option. Any advice is greatly appreciated, thank you.

Hi all, I have a clutch of four 12 day old chicks, currently being raised by a mumma hen. As of yesterday, two of them became hunched, sleepy, sickly looking and constantly seeking warmth. In a previous batch of chicks, two showed these symptoms and died soon after. The chicks are currently with...

Hi all, not sure if this is the right forum so do tell me if you think this belongs somewhere else. Anyway, my chicken Kucheli has just hatched her first chick earlier today (with potentially 4 more on the way.) The issue is I’ve recently found out she, and the rest of my flock have tics...

Never sure how to start these so I’ll get straight to the point. I came home today to find the smallest of my 17 day old chicks alone on the ground. I’ve been away for 2 days so I’m not sure how long she was there. It’s dusk so the rest had jumped into the nesting box with Kiki (their mum.) She...

This isn’t particularly urgent, more of a mild curiosity I’ve had after seeing my oldest hen, Duck (don’t worry about the name) preening two other hens. I know chickens like to preen in groups, but I’ve never seen a chicken preening another chook. Duck is currently at the top of the hen pecking...

I’m an Aussie so please excuse my slang, and currently have 19 chickens and a peacock. My family has had chooks for quite a while, but about 3 years ago I took a proper interest in them and started looking after them. (The only benefit of lockdown!) For my chooks breeds, we’ll that’s a little...

A few months ago one of my Polish chooks got a hard peck on the head and was knocked unconscious, (I’d say given her breed, she probably has a vaulted skull). I was there at the time and took her inside and she woke up and recovered after a few minutes, but she was never quite right after. I...