Posts by binza1979

I had a hen that had the same problem. Her extension broke off before I could trim it. She was much happier when it was gone. I say trim. She will be fine.

If your kids are sick, how do you treat them? What do you use in place of antibiotics? Could you use those methods on your chicken?    I don't know much about alternative medicine, sorry I can't be of more help.

Is she molting?

Are they stressed for any reason?   I have no ideas as to how to help. I have only ever had one soft shelled egg...she laid it out in the run and all the girls enjoyed a treat before I could stop them. I just happened to see...

If there is an open wound, you will want to keep her away from the others. They will enlarge the injury if given the chance. Clean it up with saline and put some neosporin without pain reliever and let it heal over good.  You may...

I made the heart-wrenching decision to cull. I didn't want to draw out her suffering only to have her die in the end. She was nothing but skin and bones. I believe she is the same leghorn that I treated for coccidiosis when she was...

I went outside to let my girls out. One of my 10 week leghorns was laying down. She had bloody mucous dripping from her left nostril. She is lethargic. She didn't want to stand. Her tail is drooping and she is somewhat puffed up. She...

This might be a dumb question, but how do you go about getting a chicken to take a pill?

I agree. Looks like you do have a roo with a funny comb. His eyes look fine to me.

I'm not going to bother with the vet...I don't think we have a vet in our area that deals with chickens.   So, I will be heading the fish store after work to pick up some fish zole.   Thanks again for your help dawg!