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i wanted to update..and pics shes doin alright..her back is better it looks like, her side under her wing isnt doing so hot.. there was a puncture wound, and its all puffy and sticking out now, swollen around the wound.. she lets me put neosporin on her back but when i go to do her side she...

yeah thats the one we just id'd. my poor baby:( ive got her in my bathroom, which is the warmest room in the house, with a heating pad under some towels, inside of a basket so its nice and cozy. i go in with her every hour to make sure she gets her water in her..shes not eating a whole bunch...

bumping for my questions:) i also wanted to thank everyone for their encouraging words and helpful tips:)

ok sorry one more question too.. the antibiotics that she wants to give us is clavamox 62.5 but its in tablet form..im supposed to disolve it in water and give it to her that way..but researching the antibiotics, it seems like that particular antibiotic is usually given to chickens in liquid...

oh yeah one more question..i saw aspirin for pain..anything else that can be given? is asprin the best thing out for pain relief for chickens?

i took her to the emergency animal hospital..the vet there was awesome, she has chickens herself, so while the aide was rolling his eyes at us bringing a chicken in, she was cooing to my hen. they cleaned the wounds, found some wounds i was unaware of. she tried to put the peices together to...

shes our only chicken..my DH's favorite pet. our friend called the hospital and he wants to go..so we're going now

i had her on my lap with a warm wet cloth, then a dry one, shes awake, she keeps wanting to get down to peck the ground now..it looks bad, but the bleeding stopped, except if i put a towel on it. neosporin is okay to put on the muscle?

my puppy attacked my hen..my baby hen is hurting so bad.. her back is messed up, i can see the muscles and stuff..i dont know what to do, i have a phone to call a emergency animal hospital around town but because it has a autoblock they wont accept my calls..this hospital is probably about...

omg thank you! now that i know what to look up im finding pictures everywhere. thank you so much! shes an awesome hen im glad i adopted her

i know next to nothing about chickens, and ive tried researching, and interneting and booking, i've got it narrowed down to the featherleg bantam group..but what breed specifically? i thought brahma but the pictures ive seen doesnt really match her..anyways if anyone could help:) thanks these...

i got my two chickens from a family that couldn't care for them and shouldn't have bought them. we were told one was a rooster and the other a hen..turns out they were both hens..they didn't know anything about them or what breed or anything..i had to go get books from the library and compare...

volusia county:) in oak hill

im in i guess what you would call East central? im in oak hill florida, south of new smyrna beach, north of titusville

hey there, totally new to the site, and chicken raising. my name is Kim, thought i'd copy/paste the sample questions and take a shot at them (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? totally new.. i actually had a fear of birds/chickens before I got mine. my husband...