I'm not sure if anything is wrong with my Buff Orpington but she is very broody and is kind of hunching over her back. She's a year old and has been perfectly healthy and maybe broody hens just look this way but I'm not experienced enough with broody hens to know.
She keeps trying to share...
Our hen, Abby, is about 5 or 6. We got her 3 years ago. We have two hens. Both are not well right now. I will post about the other one, Bernie, later. She's all rusty buff colored, about the size of hens we've had in the past, like a rhode island red or silver laced wyandotte. I don't know...
Please help, I don't want to lose my flock! (I know if it's cloacitis it's not contagious but I'm afraid that's not the whole story). It started last night when I noticed a hen in the nesting box. I picked her up to put her on the bars, thought she was good and let go. The hen proceeded to fall...
Hi
I was hoping Simone may shed some light
I have a silver laced Wyandotte rooster
I've been away for three days with the kid from next door letting him and my others out during the day and on my return I found him under the house lying down stretched out
On dusk he came out and made his way...