I'm having problems with my RIR x hen Gladys, yesterday morning her poop was like see through/water with green matter in the middle, she was drinking alot too so I adjusted the airflow and gave her some electrolyte fluid, then put her on chick crumbs to thicken her poop; it's worked so far but...
I just brought home a Rhode Island Red crossed with a light Sussex a few days ago, in the store she was being fed pellets and I was told she's a good layer, I brought her home and put her onto crumbs and regular grains and let her roam the grass in the garden, she's very big and healthy looking...
After a big struggle with my silkie Alfred I found out he has rickets caused by malabsorption syndrome, his strength and appetite has improved and his respiritory infection has gone, he's gained his lost weight and is so much more alert, he just has one major problem now, his left hock joint and...
Hey, I've been on the forum a few weeks now and just saw this thread, it's taken me a while but I think I'm slowly getting the hang of it. At the moment I have just one male silkie, but hopefully lots more in future!
I've been on here alot over the last week, my 4 month old male silkie was diagnosed with an absorption problem, because of it despite my best efforts at giving him the best diet I can he's developed rickets through vitamin deficiency. He's my only chicken and I love him very, very much, I've...
I posted a thread earlier documenting my silkie male Alfred, it turned out he had massive deficiencies because of a condition he has, making it harder for him to absorb nutrients fully, because of it he's now ended up with rickets, his left leg was tuRning in and made walking very difficult for...
Recently my baby boy Alfred has been recieving treatment for a severe vitamin D deficiency and inflammation in his hock, he's slowly responding to his medicine and was starting to walk but now is sneezing, lethargic, has slightly runny droppings and keeps gaping and trembling, it looks like he's...
My 4 month old silkie Alfred over the last few days has developed an awful leg condition in just his left leg, he's struggling to even hobble around and seems to be in some discomfort, it started out about 4 days ago he seemed very off balance, tilting back and forwards, then more splayed, now...