My giant beautiful Sussex hen is sick, she doesn't move (I picked her up easily), eat or drink.
Yesterday they were all eating a big molded apple.
The time I realised there was nothing left, not a single seed.
I think she has eaten a lot, as she is big and dominant.
Today she's lethargic...
do you mean cancer or canker ?
As regards mealworms, he's usually sleepy but when he sees me giving worms he comes first
I think he's got an anemia and needs proteins.
If it's bad for him, what should I feed him ?
My Serama rooster eats a lot, his crop is big in the evening, but his comb is very very pale (light pink) and he has lost one quarter of his weight.
He's very weak and doesn't want to leave his cage.
There is undigested food in his droppings.
That means he's as light as a feather.
What can I do ?
I'm sorry for your loss.
One morning I found my favorite naked neck hen dead. She was laying huge eggs.
It wasn't due to egg bound, it wasn't cold, I still don't know what happened.
It was so unexpected that I was sad all day and night, and still think of her.
I had a rooster who died due to...
2 weeks later, here are five pictures of my chick.
So he's supposed to be 8 or 10 week old.
He has not grown a lot : does it mean a pullet ? or a problem in development ?
His weight is 500 grams or 1.1 lb
Here it is hot, really hot, and my chickens don't really like it, they sit under a bush and wait for me to bring food ah ah. Me neither. I have to check many times if they still have water. If not, I have to wait 5 minutes before the water from the garden hose is just warm. I could make tea with it
I agree with Eggcessive. I've had a chick who had been stomped on and couldn't move his neck. I gave him vitamin E (actiselen) and he could move his neck again
My roosters are named :
Matthew, Edward, Litchee (a Pekin roo...), Molly, Master (of pullets), Oggy, Kevin, Noe, Oscar, Label, Lady (dutch roo), Maxine.
The red hen is thinking :
- oh shit, I came for my daily hug, and these b-hen-tches followed me ; mom can't squeeze my body like she does when I'm alone with her. Will have to change my schedule.
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I contacted the seller. She is ok for an exchange but she hasn't got chicks of the same age anymore. She's got 3 week old chick who can't be sexed. She suggested I call her back in 2 weeks. She will save a pullet for me.
Hope she won't say : who's calling ?
Here are...
Oh I didn't see the third page and MoonShiner picture !
My chick is in between the white one on the left (its comb is a little bigger) and looks the white one on the right (its wattles are not so big).
Are they all cockerels ?
Thanks for your posts.
Cockerels are obvious to find in the picture above, though there are not white Leghorns, so there could be a difference in development, who knows.
Tomorrow I'll contact my seller and ask for an exchange.
The seller lives far away (and if she accepts any exchange...