Had my second hawk attack today (last one was almost 2 years ago). Had a 2 month old silkie with a single pinhole puncture wound and a OEGB hen with a few little cuts and a bloody eye (caused by the cut at the corner of her eye, no actual damage to the eye suspected); will keep a close eye on...
We have a game hen who has recently been having wing issues, resulting in mobility problems. We have been treating the wing as best as we can, however today we went down and one of the other hens had got to her. Her skin is literally peeled back on her head and her face is pretty tore up. We...
Hello, My name is Kimberly & I am new to this group.
I got my first chickens in June 2020. I got 3 Plymouth Barred Rocks and 3 Golden Comets for egg laying and we got 10 meat chickens.
I currently have 6 egg laying chickens. We harvested our meat chickens 9 weeks after we got them.
I Love...
Hey guys. I went in this morning to treat one of my hens that had some pretty bad mites (putting Pestene on her) and found that she had a big cut down her side (approx. 2-3 inches long) and it seemed pretty serious - I put some iodine spray on and have separated her from the rest of the blue...
What do you think of this?? Are you a coffee and chicken junkie like me?? :)
I can't live without either one of them. :)
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Hello everybody,(I'm new)
I have(had) 13 Black Australorp chicks, 1 rooster and 12 hens, all around 11 weeks old. I went out this morning to feed them and I only counted 11...2 were missing! I looked around their coop to see if there were any tracks or drag marks or feathers...NOTHING. I...
We had our first chicken tragedy on the farm this year. My red sexlink chickens were about 4 months old when one was savagely attacked by a raccoon, as I was coming out to lock the birds up. I ran out and snatched her from the racoon's grasp. The chicken's leg was badly broken from being...