Recent content by karen+3chickens

Thank you so much! I have been so worried about her. The other two don't seem to be paying too much attention to her as of now. I'll be watching her tonight to see if she roosts. She seems pretty happy out there pecking the ground. Will her comb stay floppy, or turn to dead skin and fall...

I came home from work today to find one of my chicken's with a bloody head. Upon closer look, the back part of her comb somehow was torn from her head. It's now flapping around (still attached in the front). There is no fresh blood coming out, but it is definately an open wound. I have two...

Thanks everyone. We're off for vacation now. I'll let you know what happens.

Hattie made it through the night, but still looks very bad. Her crop did not empty at all, I think it has just stopped working. I tried massaging her this morning but any pressure on her crop caused her to cough and gurgle. I think it is so full that it is starting to spill into her airway...

The sad part is that the other two will probably not even notice she is gone. Chickens can be so selfish and self-centered!

The first vet I went to was not impressive at all. He took a small sample of stuff from her crop, but that was it. He put her on nystatin and told me she could be out with the other birds the whole time, eating and drinking as normal. I did not learn until later that this was not the most...

My plymouth rock, Hattie, is not doing well. She has been having ongoing crop problems (for which I have spend hundreds in vet visits and different remedies). I cannot justify spending any more and nothing I do seems to make a big or long term impact. I am so attached to my girls. I got them...

I am leaving tomorrow for a 5 day vacation and won't be able to try the crop bra before then. Hattie looks worse than ever. Her crop is so big that her feathers have separated in the front. She keeps dropping her wings and heaving. I'm so sad. I think we will be burying her when we get home:(

Oh boy! This is going to be more complicated than I thought! I am at my witts end with this little chicken and am seriously rethinking ever getting any more because of all the issues she has had. Thanks for the link.

anyone?

This is the short version of a very long story which ends in me very frustrated and out many hundreds of dollars. My plymouth rock had a fungal infection about 3 weeks ago. She was on nystatin for 9 days. Her crop was still HUGE and juicy, so I took her back to the vet. The infection is...

I have some acidophoulus (spelling?) capsules that I have been sprinkling in with her smoosh feed/nystatin mixture. I think this is similar to what is in yogurt. But I will give all the chickens a little yogurt later on today. Her crop was nice and hard this morning, it felt like she had just...

I just went and closed the girls in for the night. She is dry heaving like crazy now!! At least her mood seems right on. I am hoping her crop with be slightly harder and smaller in the morning again. By smaller I mean still noticeably huge

Hattie's crop seemed a little smaller and a little more firm this morning, which I thought was a good sign. She is starting to poop more solid now. I just gave her the 4th dose (2 days) of nystatin, but her crop seems to have ballooned again during the day. I massaged it (not sure if that...

That was very helpful, and very overwhelming information. The vet only took a sampling from her crop so he could look at it under the microscope. So...I will keep her on the nystatin. She is with the other chickens outside right now with access to layer pellets and water only. I'm assuming...