Posts by hrhphotography

Hello!  Thanks to all you posters out there that helped me diagnose my chicken with gapeworm.  She's been hiccuping and wheezing for about two weeks now but other than that she's been fine.  I have been doing a lot of...

I have a Sicilian Buttercup and she is adorable.  Very friendly and very unique with her dual crest.  Mine is from Privett Hatchery and I'm very glad I have her.  She is one of my favorite hens!!  I named her, what...

I have two BO's named Henny and Penny.  The only way you can tell them apart is by the size of their crest.  They are the BEST chickens!!  They are so sweet and social and they lay tons and tons of eggs.  I bought...

I had two female white sultans over a year ago.  They were really pretty great for the first 9 months but then they started to get neurotic.  They would go into each of my five laying nests and kick out all the hay every...

I just want to thank all the really wonderful chicken lovers out there that helped me save the life of a week old Polish chick with curled toes.  He could barely walk and kept coming down on his "knees" most of the...

In speaking with a chicken expert, she was egg bound.  She was only 7 months old and usually it happens within the first few months that they start laying eggs.  Once a chicken is egg bound, there is usually not much that you...

Thanks for the info.  I will find an avian vet this week so I can have some phone numbers on hand in case of another emergency.  Seems that the vets that treat birds didn't want to deal with my chicken when I called around on...

Thanks for the thoughts, but as I mentioned in my post, I had her euthanized to put her out of her suffering.  It was very hard for me because Cinnamon was a special chicken who was so fond of me since she was a little chick. ...

Today I noticed my 9 month old Rhode Island Red hen also laying around and then making motions like she was trying to crow but was choking while doing it.  When I checked her out, she had a very bloated chest area also.  I...

Your chickens can be just like your kids, so it's very hard to deal with injury and death.  My heart goes out to you.  Just FYI, I have 10 chickens and 2 rabbits that I let out in my back yard to play.  I have 6 foot...