Hello! I just noticed today that one my chickens eyes is red and irritated. I did not see any pus. I also noticed dried blood from the bottom of her neck feathers. I’m not sure if she was pecked by another chicken in the eye. What can I do to help her heal? Thank you.
I will go to target right now and pick that up. She just went back into coop and acting like she is about to lay another egg.
She’s only a year old, she laid her first egg a couple of weeks ago.
Yesterday I noticed one of my girls wasn’t acting right. She seemed tired and was standing with her tail practically straight in the air. This morning she didn’t come out of the coop at all. I suspected she might be egg bound. I was right, she laid a soft shell egg. I think it may of broken...
I posted in my Facebook group and someone suggested I treat him with corid for Coccidiosis. I gave him a 3ml dose of pure corid, and he seemed to perk up. Got him to eat one whole sardine and I’ve been giving him 2 syringes to corid mixed with water every couple of hours. He seems to be a LITTLE...
He’s getting worse :( I found out it’s lice and I’ve treated him with permethrin. He’s taking deep breathes, sometimes I hear wheezing when I move him. Can’t get him to eat anything.
I thought my rooster had vent fleet, so I quarantined him and started treating him for that. But today I found mites or lice? On him. They are small orangish bugs. I’m shocked because I’ve bathed him every day for 3 days, looked him over and never saw any. Anyways, this morning I checked up on...
Hi everyone! This was my first time hatching chicks and I have some adorable satin frizzle silkies :)
They are 3 weeks old currently. At 6 weeks I want to start acclimating them to move them into the coop.
I have an insulated coop with a heating plate inside and a covered run to protect from...