Recent content by LittleChicken23

The swelling has gone down slightly, and the bubbling has turned into a white mass of some sort.

Hmm, my hen's eye is more swollen than that D: I think that there might be dirt or something in there, based on closer inspection. I put neosporin on her eye. Should I flush the eye out, and with what?

One of my 2 year old hens' eyes is swollen mostly shut. It is a little bubbly, but as far as I can tell she has no other symptoms, no coughing, no sneezing, no nasal discharge. I haven't added any new birds in a while, and those that have been added were born here so they never came in contact...

I think we have good news! I saw miss Lagertha poop earlier today. It looked pretty normal to me, although it was pretty liquid-y. I may or may not have poked through it with a stick :rolleyes: and there were no worms or anything. I separated her from the rest of the flock, she has water with...

I second that- roosters are really good at alerting the hens to danger. My roo's 3 week old son is already keeping and eye on the sky :D

I didn't separate her tonight, as I had nothing to put her in. My 'sick pen' is home to 5 chicks and their mama, who are there waiting until they are big enough to go to the main coop. Anyway, I'm going to find/make something tomorrow and get my poor sick girl away from everyone else. She made...

I went and checked on her a few hours ago, and she has sour crop :( Her breath smelled pretty bad. She's been staying under a bush most of the day, still lethargic. She was more reactive when I picked her up and massaged her crop though. I'm going to seperate her from the rest of the flock...

I'm not sure if her breath smells, I didn't have time to unfortunately. I'll check when I get home. Yes, she has access to grit. It didn't feel empty in the morning, but i checked in the later morning so I don't know if she ate or not. Her crop felt the same as it did yesterday. She wasn't...

Yep, I think they did. The only difference I know of is the comb. My leghorn is ok predator wise, though she tends to wander off from the group sometimes. I can't really judge them as a whole since she is the only one I have. My white leghorn mix is better about staying with the flock, but I...

Could you possibly take her back to your vet and ask about the color? I hope she gets better.

Hello, I think one of my 2 yr old hens has a sour crop. She wasn't in the coop like normal when I went to put the rest of the chickens in, which concerns me. I picked her up and she didn't protest at all (she's friendly but she normally at least clucks when I pick her up), and she was lethargic...

I free range my flock of 13 adults and 5 chicks daily, as long as someone is around to keep an eye on them. 5 hens are Dominiques, 5 are buff orps. They have been free ranging for all of their 2 years with no predator issues. :) I also have a white leghorn hen and a white leghorn mix hen, as...

Could you free range them at all if you don't already? That will help keep any fighting between Roos down. Some roosters will get along with another roo, and some will try and kill each other. More hens will be better, as well as more space. Good luck!

I agree with sourland, you have a cockerel.

I'll try really looking around for any white eggs (my other hens lay brown eggs), and I'll take a look at their vents too. Thanks guys!