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Hello again 🙂, Yes we do have mosquitoes where we live and as it has been very wet of late, they are definately out in force. There are other chickens in our street, i can hear their rooster at times. I guess the mosquitoes could get it from them or elsewhere i guess. I will monitor the two who...

Right, I have looked around for info and it may be avian pox. Of which there is no cure but vaccination is an option. It looks like it can be terrible. There is an article on here (BYC) that google linked me to. ☹ Does anyone have experience with this, are your chickens vaccinated already?

More info on vaccination would be nice, but an informative article. Thanks.

Ok and also now because im paranoid about my chickens welfare and trying to get abreast of things. While handling the bigger chickens i noticed on their cone, black growths, looks i guess a bit like mold. Is this something older chickens get or something i need to also worry about. If its...

Ok so i checked him out again just now, and his feet looked less aggravated. So i brought him in and washed his feet again thinking this is helping. I must say that they looked less aggravated before washing than after, so i will refrain from that for now. Like i literally just put a few cm...

Okay is Vetericyn available over the counter? From a produce store? Veterinary clinic? Thankyou again for the response, I am home now and will round him up and see how it has progressed since I washed his feet yesterday and look for the feather stripping you speak of. Thanks again.

Hi azygous, thanks for the reply 😊. I will have a much closer look for what you describe, but if I had to answer now I would say no he doesnt. He looks as healthy up top as he ever has.

Bump, i need some advice please. 🤞

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome and kind words 😊

Hi Janiedoe, yes the coup does have ventilation. You cant see it from the perspective of the picture, but there are three window slides that have mouse/rat/pest mesh over them. One is on the backside of the coupe, one on the backside of the nesting section and a large one in the roof. I was...

As the tittle says I have a bantam rooster Earl, who has been limping a bit lately. So I caught him this morning, he is hard to catch... So i could have a look at him. He appears to have red angry looking spots on his feet where the feathers go in. It has been exceptionally wet here over the...

Hi, hope im doing this right 😬🤞. My name is Simon and im from NSW Australia. I now sadly am down to 3 chickens from 5 ☹. They are pekin bantams and we have only had them for 4 months. They were 6 weeks old when we got them I beleive. One poor little guys that was my youngest sons, fluffy got...