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I did have one die of eating too much insulation in Dec. We had a necropsy perfomed on her- her entire digestive track was filled with insulation.

First determine if she is egg bound.... If it is a prolapse-- you can help her put her "parts" back in. I fiixed a prolaspe last year. With a gloved finger, use some lubricant (KY Jelly) and put it back in. Make sure the "area is clean" first. I did a search on this site and also found a vet...

Then hen is still the same Is she shaking her head? Yes possible respiratory illness.. is she wheezing or have any other breath sounds? I can't hear her breathe- just see her breathe-- she looks to be struggling with each breath describe the droppings..color and consistency. has she been...

The insecticide was a poultry insecticide from Tractor Supply. She was sick before we treated her. I found out she had mites when I was investigating the labored breathing. I will look into treating the anemia.

I have RIR who is 1.5. She has heavy labored breathing. Her poop is normal. There is no discharge from her nose. Her waddle and comb are pale and her tail is down. She seems to be alert other than she seems to have exaggerated breathing. She is eating and drinking. Her crop seems to be a normal...

Just want to thank you for your help last month, around the 8th of Dec. I had a hen that died and was wondering if it was cocci. You recommended not treating and doing a necropsy. We had it done and it was really helpful- turns out our hen died of eating insulation. She got on top of the nest...

Thanks so much. I wanted to post this am but the phones were out. I will increase the protien. I will see about cutting up some sheeps liver and give it to them. Show I be worried about the dull combs? Is that part of the molt? Thank you

Yesterday one of our RI Reds died in the run. (We ere gone all day. They free range only when we are home.) My husband found her when he went to lock up. She died by the door. It looks as if she sat down, put her beak down and died. In looking her over, I noticed lots of mites, so I will dust...

therealsilkiechick---thanks for all the education-wazine 17 is actually what my DH bought! I found a local farmer who was willing to come out and look at my hen before I treated her. (A friend called him for me so when I called just to ask him about putting the parts back in, he said he would...

I found this link when looking into the Hemorrohiod issue http://www.poultryhelp.com/prolapse.html I am going to try this as well. I am also buying some more chicken care books! +++++++++++++++++++++++ I kept on reading since i posted- I am really leaning towards prolapse that occured maybe a...

I spoke to someone locally yesterday because I was not sure about what I was doing. Two main things came out of the conversation 1) antibiotic was needed for whole flock- the person I spoke with has never dewormed a bird- the anus problem is more on the lines of a hemorrhoid--there are lots of...

Thanks for the insight. I'm starting to read about de-worming and yeast. Both sound like the probable cause. (I was really worried about cocc.) We have had fewer eggs which I just read goes along with worms. I will head off to Tractor Supply and see how they can help me.

We have a “sick” barred rock (8 months old)with a white pasty bottom/backside whose feathers are severely matted with lots of thick white pasty poop (? Not sure what the substance is). We noticed about a month ago that she had poop stuck to her that was not blocking her anus. We were in a frigid...

Thank you all. Fox and coy dogs were our guess. I just didn't know they could take that many. My husband heard coy dogs yesterday. We live on 53 acres and don't have close neighbors. (We know the ones we do have and they have no interest in stealing chickens- one is a single man who builds...

Wednesday morning we lost 8 hens - all 11 weeks old while they were free ranging in the yard/pasture and we were home. They were part of a flock of 25. We looked for the missing hens as we were putting their sisters to and my husband found several piles of feather on the other side of the fence...

Ours came from Hoffman Hatchery in PA via a local feed store http://www.hoffmanhatchery.com/

My flock forgot to read the manual- they mix up with no color segregation ;)One RIR is always with one of the Plymouth Bared Rocks. Rareley do they ever clump by type- it would be even easier for counting if they did. We have 9 RIR, 8 Black Sex linked and 8 PBR.

Thanks for the response. We only added the heat lamp at 9:15pm as a desperate measure. We had actually put it away and hadn't been using it over over a week. It was never used outside. My husband had to locate enough extension cords to get it down to the garden where the house is. (The long...

We're a new chicken family with 25 ladies who are about 5 weeks old. They have been living in our kitchen in a child’s swimming pool lined with hay and surrounded by 4 feet of chicken wire. They have a vairiety of log roosts in the pool. We have taken them out during the day but brought them...