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Update on Bonnie... After two months of this behaviour, she started getting a lot worse and going way downhill. She was at a point of barely being able to walk anymore. She then started vomiting clear liquid so I decided to take her back to the vets for more extensive tests. Poor girl... turns...

Well, it's coming into summer here in New Zealand right now, so they wouldn't molt coming into summer, could they? And nope, they didn't molt over winter this year or last year. Saying that, our winters here in Auckland are very mild and still reasonably warmish (average winter temperatures...

Oh, I hadn't considered molting. The other two are fine though. When do they normally molt? It's coming into summer here in New Zealand

She's been like this for about a month now. Nope, her feet are all good. The vet gave her a thorough physical check (to her horror!), including under her feet, her legs, took samples of her feathers to trace any signs of mites. No signs of any scabs, cuts, sores.... nothing. She's completely...

Nope, no feathers missing. She's beautiful and fluffy all around. Looks lovely and healthy. And I don't think she's broody. She goes in to lay an egg, comes out and lies down somewhere. She doesn't have any particular spot... I've often found her just lying in the middle of the garden. She will...

Thanks MrsB. I will keep a close eye on her :) And yup... they are all absolutely spoiled rotten! Haha!

She laid an egg yesterday... and most likely will lay this morning too. Very strange indeed. She was in great form this morning when I had her inside giving her her antibiotics. Chirping away at me and gobbling down her medicated laced food. As soon as I put her back outside, she found herself...

Chooks were all wormed 2 weeks ago, so they are all clear. There was no signs of any worms or eggs from her poop test. No detectable masses anywhere, the vet gave her a thorough check for any physical signs of anything. The vet thinks the tiny bit of blood in her poop was just normal intestinal...

Hey all, So, I have 3 Brown Shavers, all 2 years old. One of my girls (Bonnie) has recently started acting a bit miserable and will find a spot in the garden, plop herself down there and lie there from morning until night, often sleeping and looking miserable. She will get up and slowly walk...

Thanks all for the feedback. I'm in suburban area, so my chicks are literally backyard chickens, so there are confined within a high fenced garden and free range there only, so there are no streams or anything. I fill up their waterers with clean tap water, the same tap water that I drink out...

YAAAAY! I finally found a vet who properly knows chickens.After a very stressful week of monitoring my sick alpha hen, and three vet visits in one week (and $800 later), my chook has been finally diagnosed with a giardia parasite infection. I'm a bit peeved off to be honest, because the other...

Hey all. I have three beautiful brown shaver chooks. Just last week, Dixie (my alpha hen) layed a soft shelled egg that burst, thankfully outside her. Anyway, she was very unwell as the egg membrane got stuck in her bottom so took her to vets. 2 days later, she layed another burst shell less egg...

Hey all. I'm Laney in New Zealand. Crazy chicken lady and mother (or Food God) of three beautiful 18 month old brown shavers... Dixie, Peckles and Bonnie. I had four, but lost my beautiful Tilly one at only 12 months old to egg peritonitis. Being that these girls are egg laying hybrids and...