Posts by Spinster_Sister

Hi Jess1990, what size implant was used on Ethel?  My Parsley had a partial "hysterectomy" but because the ovary was left, there is a remote chance that she could ovulate and the vet is recommending the implant. I know there are...

My alpha hen, Saffron, has not laid an egg in over 8 months.  She has been going up and sitting on the nest for the past month or so but nothing laid.  This morning (6am) she sang in her coop and I found a shell-less...

Thought I would  update...although not an update really.  I had to take Parsley to an ER avian vet for suspected internal laying.  She had been laying shell-less eggs for a couple of weeks then she all of a sudden...

3/9/2013   9:11am

We had a scare last week.  A HUGE female Red Tail Hawk dove down and tried to take my BO, Saffron, who was about 6 feet away from me.  The girls and I are very scared and I need to set up some sort of Hawk deterrent...

Please forgive me for posting a redundant question....I have searched the threads and am even more confused.   My girls have mites and only one has even been treated with Ivermectin at the vet's office last year.   I...

Thank you so much Dawg53!  I restricted her feeding to ONLY feed and added ACV to their water. I've always like using ACV but thought I was agrivating her GI tract and that is the last thing she needed.  She stopped...

My 2  year old EE, Sugar, has laid two fart eggs and now today one rubber/shell-less egg.  Last week she had a waxy poop smear off her vent and I gave her ACV in her water, probiotics and careful watching. It appears to be a...

Thanks for your reply.  They want her back in but as I have already spent $800 on two visits and this is simply (I believe) a recurring (caught it very early again!) episode.  I called for a refill but the latest vet said no...

ouch! poor baby!  Happy that you found her/him quickly and started treating.  I am sure he/she will be OK, glad to know there is another "experienced" hen in with the two new mommas.