Recent content by GordSord

I want to know what's causing this. I've now had 2 hens die in 5 months. They are my loving pets and it kills me that I don't even know what did them in. I also want to know so I can help if it happens again. I got these hens at beginning of 2021. With both of them it started with yellow poop...

Cracked some eggs into a pan today, and one of them had blood all through egg white. Looking closer, there was a thick "blood cord" attached to the yolk. It couldn't have been a fertilized egg. We lost our rooster about 2 months ago. And they're in an enclosed run. This egg had been in the...

Update: Big Caramel unexpectedly passed away today. I don't know if his toe contributed. We think he had a heart attack. I miss him so much already.

In another post, I told how I thought my rooster toe had frostbite... maybe. (First pics) The toe tip was black underneath and the toe was swollen. I was content to let it do as it would and hopefully fall off. Update: It's been in the 40's to low 50's past few days, and I get home from work to...

Okay! Thanks! :)

I thought that, but I never saw anything wrapped around it, and I check on them 2+ times a day. 🤔

These are best pics I can get.

It's been 5 - 40F degrees outside these past weeks. Inside their coop is usually 10 -15 degrees warmer than outside. A couple of my chickens (rooster included) got frostbit comb tips. That's why I thought it was maybe frostbite.

My rooster, (Big Caramel) had a swollen toe. I thought it was either from him hurting it jumping off roost in morning, or it got frostbit. Now over 2 weeks later, and toe is still swollen but it hasn't spread to rest of foot. Toe tip seems shrunken and turning black underneath. I soaked it in...