Recent content by leebottrill

Thank you for all that advice I've actually read a couple of articles that you've suggested there. The hen is an ex battery hen and I've had her for over a year now. I had four at the time and have already lost one last week. I wonder if this was something that was going to happen or whether...

Hi guys, I have an ex battery hen who has slowly become blind. She is now almost completely blind and missing food in front of her. She strolls around the pen not really knowing where she is. I have been to the vet's and they didn't say anything or offer any real advice. Do you think the best...

Hi guys, she hadn't improved so i took her to the vets, they (sort of) confirmed it was egg binding and gave her a shot of calcium. The vet said 'because shes an old bird its not worth doing anything to intrusive!' I am thinking that i will keep an eye on her for a few days and if she starts to...

Hi there, yes i will post a photo of her vent when i go out there in a minute. I have also noticed that she is head twitching, could that be related or is that a sign of something else? this youtube video is whats happening

So ive noticed one of my girls has been a bit lethargic recently. Today i noticed her standing still struggling to keep her eyes open. I inspected her and saw that she had a clump of faeces on here vent feathers, but it was like a smelly yellow and greeny colour. I cleaned her off and inspected...

Hi guys, I took the bird to the vet and it turned out to be food that got stuck in her mouth. Vet dug it out and gave her an antibiotic! Shes fine again now :)

Hi there, thanks for that! I have done quite a bit of reading up. Is is normal to be taking you chickens to see a vet? In the UK you cant get hold of any drugs without them seeing your animal.

I've notice a small lump next to her mouth. It's been getting bigger over the last week or so, so today I looked in her mouth and it looks very unpleasant. What does it look like? And should I treat this?

Hi people, i had a look through my broody chickens feathers today and found a few small mites crawling around. I then check another one and found the same. I am guessing the're red mite. I have the dusting powder already but this is my first time with mites. Can i have some advise on the best...

Ok, i will do that. Thanks for you advise :)

Hi everyone, this is my first post. I hope you will be able to offer me some advise. For the last 3 days i have noticed one of my little bantam chickens had become very weak. I bought her in and looked after her. She became increasingly weak and this morning unfortunately died. I had done some...