Hens and Hooves

  • Hens and Hooves

    Holy Crop! My chicken has a tumor.

    I’m new to chicken keeping, like embarrassingly new. My grandmother, my aunt, and I collectively decided that buying 30 baby chicks all at once was a great idea…and that for whatever reason my house seemed the best place for them despite my lack of experience. So after they were old enough to get out of their brooders we excitedly moved them into their newly constructed coop. All seemed to be going well the first day and then all of a sudden on the second morning I went out to check on the chicks, check food and water, and open coop windows for ventilation and lo and behold I find a…