Posts by WasabiChicki

http://www.organicvet.co.uk/ A cool link for all farm animal issues tho I couldn't find the fowl pox... anyone know its scientific name??

  Quote: Originally Posted by speckledhen  If she is missing some feathers, as in molting, the skin may rub when she has a full crop and is roosting, causing it to appear red.   Some hens just...

Yeay! Thanks! (Just worrying cuz my RIR is showing signs of sickness as of yeaterday.) I thought the crop thing wasn't too big a deal after the feed store owner said it's probably just over eating... What about the redness on the...

Thanks so much for the comments! Sorry to hear others are dealing with the same thing; Sounds like a sign of infection then? Hope to get some more replies... I'm an herbalist, pretty against antibiotics, so I will start echinacea...

I lost a Leghorn Roo because the hens kicked him out into the cold after I spent 2 weeks treating his wounds from an attack: (I'm an herbalist so these are just the things I did as a natural medicine type person & I was...

The 4 layers I have all seem to be "over eating" according to the local feed store... Their crops get extremely enlarged these days but are empty by morning... feel squishy... Should I worry? The Barred Rock (leader of the flock)...

I noticed yesterday that my 3 y.o. RIR had runny yellowish poop... thought to myself, uh oh but was gone all day & did nothing about it! Everyone else is fine today but the RIR's comb is flopped over & 2 of the 5 tips look a...

Had to add my two cents... I hate opossums...Shovels work great on opossums...I dont live in the city anymore but when I did, shovels were the easiest to shoo away the varmints... they CAN be vicious: try not to corner them,just gently...

31170 + 6= 31,176:d

Just an update to this semi-old post:My girl made it! The little red hen (Henny-Penny) is keepin' up with the rest of them!So to backtrack a sec: she was brought to my home at 3 months old... 3 days into her new surroundings we thought...