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Thank you, I suspected the poison

My chickens are 3 & 4 years old and they just died within 2 weeks of each other. Shouldn't they live till 8 years old? I had an exterminator here for a rat problem and they said the chickens could not get to the poison. I've also been giving them daily treats of freeze dried mealworms. Did I...

I think that was a wonderful idea. You are a wonderful chicken Mom. I will keep this in mind for the future.

What is BOSS?

I had the same problem with my Ameracauna. Here butt below the vent was swollen like it was full of fluid. Thinking she was egg bound or had worms or infection, I soaked her for 3 days in warm water for 30 mins. I also gave her diluted tetracycline hcl 343 via a dropper. I also fed her...

Today, I feed her a hard boiled egg. She ate the whole thing. She's not eating or drinking but she eats the egg and grapes. I gave her some Tetramycine hcl 343 diluted with a dropper twice today just in case she has an infection since she is swollen below the vent area. I soaked her in warm...

I soaked her in warm water and as I was washing her vent area, I noticed that the whole lower area below her vent was swollen. It felt like there was a lot of gas. She's not underweight but there was very little in her crop. Does that sound like worms? If so, what should I use? My chickens...

My Americauna hen has been very quiet the last 2 days. She stays by herself. Today, she didn't come out of the coup. Her vent area is a little pasty. Yesterday,I was feeding the other girls a peach and she didn't want any. Later I feed them some grapes and she gobbled it up as I was...

I'm looking at my backyard now and I don't seen any grass. The girls used to free range on 1/2 acre until a fox took 1 of them. The fox kept coming back so I fenced them in to about 1/4 of that. I guess I'm going to the store and buy them some greens.

My white rock and 2 barred rock chickens have been jumping on the tree and on the chain link fence next to the apricot tree and eating the leaves. They don't bother the cherry tree leaves at all but they did eat the cherries. Is this normal behavior and is it safe to eat because I read that...

I got my DE from Garden Harvest Supply. It food grade. I bought 5 lbs which is quite a bit since its very light.

Is this condition very common with hens? I had to cull my hen 2 days ago as she was in misery. I've had 4 hens die in 4 years of chicken keeping. It is breaking my heart. I did the soaking and looking for internal egg but to no avail.

If I found a rat snake in my yard, I would let it live. Found a nest with 2 rats under the manure collecting pan under my coop. Snakes are good in the yard and long as they're not poisonous.

Is your coop open and do you have a fenced in run? Do you have a door that you lock to keep the chickens in at night or when you aren't home? I have a German Sheperd that lived in the same area with the chickens for 4 years. She never bothered them and growled at my other dog when he came...

2 days after the fox took my Buffy, I saw him in my yard again. 50 feet from where I was standing guarding my girls. This was at 3pm. The unusual thing that I remembered both times was that there were crows cawing and cawing when the fox was in my yard. It just dawned on me today. I can't...

My dog attacked my Jersey Giant and she had an open would on her back. I put antibiotic on it and covered it with a piece of fleece. I cut a piece of fleece to cover her back and a little longer on the sides. I measured where her wings were and cut 2 slits. Slipped her wing through each...

Lost my first chicken to a fox today. It killed my chicken in the middle of the day. I have an acre lot and a park behind it. I found my 8 chickens all crowded together up against the house. I looked up the hill and I saw a fox eating my chicken. I could see red so I knew it was too late...

:thumbsupThank you for the advice. I think it was a blocked crop. I massaged her crop and gave her some olive oil and today she jumped out of her coop when I opened the door. I gave her another massage today and more olive oil. Her crop was full of liquid before and today it was pretty...

I noticed my Americana hen was staying close to the coop while the others were foraging. The next day, I picked her up and squeezed her crop and all this liquid with food came out. Her crop was not hard and not enlarged. I squeezed several times until most of it came out. I squeezed her vent...

Thanks to all for the help. I found my Jersey Giant and my little Barred Rock is fine. All's well.