Much the same as my last post on here. My mama hen was stumbling around and I thought it was an injury of some kind. Turns out she swallowed two little bits of metal somehow and it's poisoning her. No vet has been any help whatsoever except for the first one we went to, but they can't extract...
So one of our hens, a mama of four beautiful babies, has suddenly started to stumble around (just today). In observing her, it seems like she's leaning too far out on her left hip and it's causing her to fall on that side. Other than that (and some butt feather loss), she's not displaying any...
I have never encountered a more interesting and challenging flock than the one I and my husband currently have. When we first got them, we were concerned about cannibalism because one of our birds killed a flockmate by pecking at her tail. That's stopped entirely now, but now my birds have begun...
As it says on the tin, but here are more details regarding the issue.
So I got 5 baby birds (now around 16 weeks old) from a fairly reputable breeder a few months ago to go along with my three other adult birds. Everything was relatively normal as far as flock integration goes. The babies were...
Hi, my name is Atlas!
I've had chickens for most of my life. The first two we had were unfortunately roosters that my great uncle didn't want anymore, but it's been a great experience.
Currently, my husband and I have 8 birds of all different breeds, including a golden comet, a black olive...