Posts by Blesser

I was too upset to post the other day. Thank you all for the replies. My hen angel passed away monday 8/6 around 3pm. We had her euthanized at the vet. Somehow she recovered in the morning her comb reverted back to normal but whenever...

Help my hen looks like she is about to die but is holding on as much as she can right now. I tried to remove fluid from her and removed 60cc of fluid but after that her combed turned a dark purple which means lack of oxygen and she is...

Quote: Originally Posted by FlyHigher  Hi, I did some google using the keywords "egg yolk peritonitis Syringe", and found these...

My hen angel has eyp. I tried getting an appointment for her to get a hysterictomy but unfortunately where I live it is exorbitantly priced ($1600-$1700 range). So my vet just gave my chicken some baytril tablets which I have to give...

I'm exhausted trying to find a vet that will perform a hysterectomy on my chicken angel. She is in critical condition and maybe has one or two days left though I hope she has more. I called all yesterday evening and this morning and...

Update again- well angel didn't lay any perfect eggs since my last update. She went downhill pretty fast and wasn't eating much for several days. I decided to give her another round of penicillin and it worked she is doing much better...

It is probably the heat, don't force them to lay as it is good for the hen to take a break and laying in the heat might be too stressful on your hens. Without breaks every now and then they could develop internal problems such as...

I use to cook mine in the microwave for a few minutes after I wash them. Make sure to wash them good. After the microwave they are easy to crush, let them cool done first because they are hot. Then crush with hands or put in a plastic...

To play it safe, a molasses flush will be good. 1 part molasses to 40 parts water. So 1 TBS molasses to 2.5 cups water if small flock or adjust accordingly if larger flock, let them drink that for 4 hours and remove molasses water,...

update, I only gave her two injections, wanted to give her a least 3 but she had some side effects. She would sleep pretty much all day and not eat much, it was kind of scary but a few days after the medicine she reverted to her normal...