We now have two dogs again. Our Baylee is 15 and has cancer in the roof of her mouth that also has grown into her sinuses. She is a Border Collie/German wirehair/Lab mix. We are really going to miss her. just she has been an amazing dog.
We just got another dog, Marlin (came as Marley). He...
Hello! I don't know if this is the best place to ask this, but here goes. We currently have a dog that was raised as a puppy and is now 15. She came to us after our chickens, but as a puppy was fairly easy to train. At the time we also had my husband's chocolate lab who was regularly...
It seems worse and both legs are not right. Her name is Little Peep. We lost a hen about a month ago to most likely Mareks. She presented with wry neck first and we tried everything. She was 2. We currently have many hens molting. It has been a cold and damp spring. May be possible she got...
I felt all over and it seems pretty normal. I have been getting her legs under her when I set her down and she stays that way until she decides to move. I find her with her right leg straight back then.
I noticed a couple roosters gathered by a hen on the lawn and went down to see she couldn't stand up and one leg was straight out behind her. I picked her up and massaged her joints some and her leg could bend, etc, but didn't seem right as in She wasn't fighting any movement or moving it on...
We were finally able to do the post winter clean out of the coop. We have has some issues with scaly leg mites and I want to oil the cracks, etc. We have a large coop with several pens . Two different nest box rows. In one pen they is made of plywood. The newer ones are several plastic cat...
Ranger died sometime during the night. She looks very peaceful. She had stopped eating anything yesterday and we were debating if we wanted to attempt tube feeding her. She spent her last day outside, protected from the flock, but with them around her. We took some pictures with our son and...
We have a sick hen here that has stopped eating and drinking. She started with wry neck, but has gotten worse and it may be mareks disease. The only way to get her to eat and drink earlier was to put our hand behind her head and tilt it forward. She usually has it upside down on her back. I...
Okay. What I have on hand at this point is:
Vi-Tal currently in her water
Vitamin E gel caps if 400ui
Vitamin B1 tablets
Feather Fixer pellets
Layer pellets
Plain sunflower kernels
Poly-vi-sol without iron
Rooster Booster Poultry Cell(will have this afternoon).
What would you give her, when...
If I could post a video I would. She tends to be looking up most of the time. If we place our hand behind her head she holds it normally, looks around, etc. We have also now discovered if we rub the back of her neck between her Humerus bones she starts grooming and drinking and eating. Her...
So far only loses were at night. Once a mink found an opening. Once a raccoon family when we were gone and the caretakers didn't secure the pen properly. Early on a hawk attacked one and a dog twice.... not ours. We have had chickens for about seventeen years now I think.