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Fancy! It looks so nice! That’s a really smart use of space.

…are we supposed to be using poop boards? Also what’s that??

Do any of you keep a space for healing chickens in your coop or run? I have been keeping them inside, but I am getting super sick of it. I use one of those rugged plastic dog crates, and I feel confident that it’s bullying-proof, but I don’t know whether it’s predator proof. If keeping them...

Seems quite well. If she didn’t have a messy butt I would think she’s back to 100%. I haven’t examined the vent internally, where the scab is, because I think I was harming more than helping. The visible vent looks great.

She seems to sitting on them but she but I’ll need to make a game time decision tomorrow. I’m in the Merrimack Valley, you? Thank you for the offer so much!

You’re amazing at this. Thank you so much 🩷🐓

Lord. A scab. Thank you! How do you encourage a chicken to hydrate? She’s uncomfortable and she only seems to want to eat yogurt.

Thanks everyone. I’ve decided to let her best friend, Polly (the silver leghorn), sit on a few eggs that I think are Maisy’s (the white leghorn). Polly is quietly recovering inside from some light wounds from the rooster anyway. Wish us luck 🩷

She tucks up her vent after a bath. But then when she goes to poop, she strains so that it comes out again.

My only thought is that maybe it’s zinc oxide build up? I applied desitin early on and now I regret it.

I edited my post to include a pic! I just watched her peck her own butt trying to clean it but otherwise I don’t suspect pecking

Edited my post to include a pic!

Background: I’ve been trying to clean my hen’s vent (day 3 of suspected gleet, with some prolapse, but she’s laying normally despite my efforts to suppress the laying). The poop looks like gleet photos (can’t say I notice a stink though? Maybe I’m desensitized?) and it is coated to every crevice...

Good suggestion. Thank you so much

So, my most loving, hilarious, and sweet hen, Maisy, died this evening. She was young and healthy. From what I can tell, she either got hit by a car or was dragged by an animal not long before I found her and died of a heart attack in my arms. I am completely crushed. Because she was a...