I was exhibiting at a poultry expo and i decided to buy a Buff Cochin pullet, her name is June Bug and she is very sweet. I told my self i wasn't going to get another feather legged bird but i did.
yesturday I saw a red fox right near my chicken coop on the other side of the fence and i was wondering,
can foxes reach through chicken wire? i know racoons can. but iwas just wondering because my coop is totally enclosed also with wire buried about five feet.
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I recently had one of my chickens pass away, she was not her self and died from some kind of seizure. Her symptoms were drooping tail, lathargic, always closing her eyes, and leaky fluid coming from her vent.
So today i was feeding my horses and i went to collect the eggs from my coops and...
My silkie bantam hen loves to chase Robins out of bushes and it's really cute when she does it but i was wondering if anyone else have experienced that?
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I'm sorry. It does sound like she's dying. That's how they act when they're dying. Just talk to her, it probably won't be long til she passes on her own.
Yeah she died a fewminutes after the seizure thing.
Thanks for the replies, she did have ecoli back in July.
But my mom just moved her to a big cage and said she had a seizure type thing and she laying flat on her chest with her wings out and she is very weak.
Today my mom and i noticed that my 4 1/2 year old White rock hen, Wings was not acting like herself.
She had ecoli over the summer and hasn't really bounced back and today she was just standing by herself under a bush.
She has lost a lot of weight and doesn't lay eggs, she is also having bright...
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My 4 year old White plymouth rock hen, is breathing abnormaly, laying down , and has a purple vent area.
My mom found small worms sticking out of her vent.
I just lost my rhode island red yesturday and i'm hoping i don't lose her.
Thanks for the support everyone.
We had the vet come out this morning and when she put the needle in Lucy got scared and banged her head on the table before she injected the medicine. So we think she died from that but we gave her the medcine just to make sure she wouldn't wake up.