Recent content by Chicfan

Mine won't eat bread either. I'll have to try sunflower seeds...

I tried those - they don't like them either. Like I said, finicky chickens! Interesting to see what they like and don't like.

Congrats! So "egg-citing" when they finally start laying! :D

Although all 3 of my girls love dried mealworms, my Barred Rock - Babs - is absolutely RABID for fresh spinach. I have nicknamed her the piranah because she literally attacks me to get it and pecks my fingers hard as she gets to the end of the leaves as I hold them for her to eat. I have tried...

I will get a fecal done - just to be sure they don't have a worm issue. Now to find a vet that will do it....

Well, I am wondering if I SHOULD treat them for worms - I have closely examined the droppings from the other two birds and see no signs of worms at all - and no behavioral or physical signs of a worm problem either. What are your thoughts? Also, do I have to discard their eggs while they are...

All I was able to get around my area was the Corid - I'll get a wormer this weekend when I can go out to the Rural King (about 75 miles away).

I'm in Florida and the lab is in Kissimmee, 3 hours away. I just buried her in the backyard in one of her favorite spots. :( Started dosing the other 2 with the meds- they seem fine so far, both layed today and are eating and drinking like crazy - keeping my fingers crossed...

Good advice - I need to find a vet in my area who treats chickens. Will giving them the worm meds hurt them if they don't have worms?

I'm not sure I want to bother with a necropsy - if it is something that virulent it won't matter, the other two probably have it already - although I really hope not. I'll just dose them, scrub the daylights outt of the coop :(and hope for the best. It's just really strange how whatever it was...

Well, I wanted to update everyone - although Ethyl roosted as normal last night, we found her dead in a corner of the coop this morning. I don't have any idea what could have killed her in one day. :( :( :( I am still going to get the medicines everyone recommended and dose my other two and...

Really grateful to everyone for your advice - although I bought the chickens for eggs, I am very fond of them and it really distresses me that Ethyl is sick. I am going out first thing tomorrow to get the Medes you recommended. Thanks again.

Ok, thanks - forgot about the poop chart! Anyway, it looked exactly like the pic with this description: [/The hen who produced this specimen was about 25 weeks old. She went off her food and ate so little she became underweight. She held her tail down and was tired. She may have had worms...

Ok, stayed out with her long enough to see her poop - it was a squirt of what looked like yellow water- not any "substance " to it at all... worried about her... :(

Great advice- I will do all of those- thanks very much for your post