Posts by kimb

thanks seminolewind ... I am very, very sad...    she's still with me - as comfortable as she can be in nice fluffy shavings in her crate. Was hoping someone might come back with a response that would prove me wrong, but...

Update with Pictures... after taking the pictures this morning - I know she's going to lose her feet  ...    my poor sweet girl .. I had to peel her out of her shell and kept her in my bedroom for weeks until...

It is too late to save her, I know this to be true after taking the pictures this morning ... they're so much worse than they were 2 days ago... my heart is breaking for the pain I've put her...

My hen (about 4 years old - bantam) cut her comb about 1.5 weeks ago...  Just when I thought it was starting to get better it got much worse about 4 days ago. I've been cleaning it with diluted betadine and putting furazone on it...

I have a hen that I found with a very swollen comb. looks like she either cut it and it got infected or pehaps it's an abscess coming out. She was her normal self - I've since separated her and she's not very happy about it but I don't...

Thanks for the replies... I choose to cull her - I gave her Sulmet last night and this morning - but this afternoon when I got home from work - it was clear it was a respiratory issue (having difficult breathing, sneezing and bubbles...

I'm not certain of what the little one's problem is - assumed it was respiratory but I'm also wondering if maybe she got run over or stepped on by one of the other chickens (or ducks) and cracked a rib...   I'm looking up...

I have a 3 week old chick that I heard doing a little coo/chatter the other day once I put them away for the night (goes in a special "hut" with it's mom and 2 other chicks) ... I thought it was a respiratory irritation so I've put a...

Quote: Originally Posted by nhnanna  I have some that went into lockdown yesterday and also some that are a few days old.  They are straight run though.  Not sure where you are located but we are in...

Looking for 2-3 recently hatched chicks... don't really care what kind (prefer hens if they're sex-linked) - I have a momma hen that only hatched 1 of 6 eggs and I really hate for the babies to grow up as "only children" ... they mesh...