My Austrolorp, Annie, seems to be struggling. I have been waiting for her to lay her first egg as she's around 8 months old now and has yet to lay. Today as I was sitting and having a coffee I notice her squatting and making little strained clucks. I got all excited and watched on, hoping I...
Thanks so much to everyone who has given advice. I have just been keeping the two ex batteries in their own run. I made it a lot bigger and they are perfectly happy being apart. They only get agitated when I come in to feed or give treats and they have to wait their turn rather than beat...
Thank you for your reply. The set up is more than adequate for the number of birds I have, I don't know the measurements but they have a lot of space. At the moment, the space that the two are in is smaller than where I would keep two birds for an extended period of time but I just kind of threw...
Hi everyone
I rarely post but this is a question I'm having a hard time finding answers for with what I have to work with. I have a mixed flock and two of the birds are ISA Browns. They are awful. They bully everyone else none stop. Every moment of every day is stressful because of them. They...
Haha, well we wouldn't eat them while they're sick. Only if I cure them and they become healthy again. I have separated the two that seem the worst but they're all acting a bit funky at this point. I see them every day, hang out with them, talk to them. They are pets for me and I care about...
Thank you for your response ChickenCanoe. Are these things you can get in the pharmacy over the counter? I don't have a way to get needles so I think I'm going to have to cure through their water. I am coming to a conclusion based on symptoms.
Bubbly eyes
Leaking Nostriles
Lethargic
Beginning...
Hey everybody.... it's me again
Lesson one from a newbie. BUY VACCINATED BIRDS!!!!! Hot darn am I sick of sick chickens....
My flock is quickly contracting coryza. All of the signs are there and they're all getting it one by one. First off can I get a vote of who would treat and who would...
Also if you don't feel comfortable vomitting her you can just give her ACV water and other things that will hopefully help break it up and just stop feeding her for 24 hours to see if it passes on its own.
Hey chickennewbie6
Sorry to hear you have a sick chicken. This sounds like one of my chickens almost right after I brought her home.... just a few days later. She had a sour crop. They basically have gotten a clogged up crop and the food stuck in there has started to ferment. Since it hasn't...
Hey all, I tried to search this but didn't know quite how to in order to get the answer I'm looking for.
We are going overseas for Christmas (living in Australia and going home to the US). We're going to be gone for three weeks. I have asked everyone I know if they can house/chicken sit but...
Oh my goodness CTKen I would love to see that haha! Wish you could post videos on this site.
Honestly, I think that they like to play chase. Just like my dog. He'll find something he knows the others want and go dangle it in front of them and then run around while they chase him. The chickens...
From one of our ex battery hens the day after we got her
Then a week later we got two more from the first two birds we had gotten three weeks prior
One was yolkless so it went to the pup but we're all enjoying eggs every day now whether it be one two or three!
You aren't kidding . They find worms all the time and they all chase each other around. I have a compost pile in their yard and when one finds a cockroach or a worm it is so hilarious to watch. That baby bird chasing flies was the funniest thing I've seen yet though. So entertaining...
Oh my goodness, this morning I got a huge scare that turned into hysterical laughter
My little lady Lucy (8ish week RIR) was running around the coop like she was drunk or something. She'd run and stumble a little, with her head cocking this way and that, and then just peck at the ground for a...
Thank you all so much. It's strange not seeing her in the coop now but it was a push to take the final steps in securing the pen to make sure no more accidents like this occur. I keep asking myself if I should have tried to save her but I didn't have the materials or knowledge and my husband...
My landlords stupid dog got my lovely girl Lorelei. She must have found a way out and back into the pen. We got home and I told my husband to go check on the birds while I put the baby down. He came back and said they were all there but the neighbor kids told him that one of the dogs ate one of...
Thanks for that.
Ok..... what to do here.
They all sneeze and two of them cough (or hack - probably a better word for it) and they are shaking their heads when they sneeze. The two that hack sound like they're purring when they breath. No runny eyes or noses, no fowl smells no change in...