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I just wanted to give a happy update on my hen with ascites. Almost a month after I drained the fluid from her abdomen, she's doing really well. For three weeks she walked very slowly and never lifted up her tail feathers--almost dragging her butt on the ground. But she ate well and seemed to...

Thanks for the replies! She is doing ok. She's still inside in a dog kennel. She doesn't want to walk around much and she's eating and drinking but not a whole lot. I was going to try her back outside in the coop yesterday but we got a big snowstorm and very cold temps so I didn't think that was...

I have read through the ascites threads on here and learned a lot. I was wondering if we're doing the right thing or just prolonging suffering. We have a small free ranging backyard flock and a four year old Buff Orpington who started walking slowly recently and when I picked her up her belly...

Thank you so much for your response. It was like she was broken, you could bend her almost in two at the neck. They range all over our yard and I can't imagine she could have walked back into the coop with an injury like that. But I've heard about chickens running with their heads cut off. One...

We have a small backyard flock of ten chickens. They free range during the day and were all fine when we put them back into the coop two nights ago. The next morning, our four year old Cuckoo Maran hen was dead on the floor of the coop. I examined her everywhere and couldn't find any signs of...

Thanks for the replies. He's three months old now and most definitely a rooster, based on the giant wattles and spiky feathers and tail. I'll try to get a more recent pic. My daughter renamed him Mr. Matilda and we've told her, when he crows, he goes. So far no crowing but we're ready with a new...

Is there any way that our little Polish is NOT a rooster? With those wattles, and spiky head feathers? S/he is almost 8 weeks old. We can't have roosters here, and my daughter is so attached. She named her Tilda. She (I still think of her as a she) is the friendliest and most curious little...