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Cuddles. The BEST chicken in the world to me. April 23, 2014 - May 14, 2016 To those of you who remember Cuddles, she was a special girl. I had wanted a lav orp for a long time & finally could afford 4 eggs. From those 4 shipped eggs, we hatched 2 chicks: Cuddles & Tank. Cuddles...

Thanks for the laugh. It's a hen saddle with big, iron-on eye patches. My hope is that is scares at least the dumb hawks away. Happy Thanksgiving!

Because I dislike reading a link & not knowing how it turned out, here's the outcome: Cuddles had a very tough week. When she stopped eating & drinking I had to act. I researched how to tube feed & made my own simple device. I purchased Kaytee's Exact - for feeding baby birds & it was...

Yes. I went to the closest pet store & bought some. I gave 20cc late morning & another 20cc in the afternoon. I wanted to make sure that I keep the meals small & that everything moves through. My hope is that she will eat on her own soon. She looks very close to normal, but not eating.

I got up my courage & tube-fed Cuddles some water w/ electrolytes & 1 drop of baby vit (w/o iron). 1st time I did 10ml. About 1 hr later I gave another 20ml. She certainly fought me getting the beak open, but once tube was in place, she calmed. Thank you so much for the helpful links. I...

Thank you for the links. Slow crop would definitely explain what I've been seeing since Sat night. When I researched worming, a few people highly recommended Wazine 1st b/c a stronger, broad spectrum de-wormer may be an overload to an ill bird (or a bird w/o prior worming). The swimming spec...

I have the materials & am watching videos on tube feeding. Nervous, but that is my next step. I'm just trying to figure out what I should put in the syringe. Fri-Sat, she ate & drank some on her own. Sun-Mon she mostly ate & drank only when we held the food / water bowl in our hands like a...

Crop & worming ?s OK so I gave the flock Wazine in water today & will follow up next week with another de-wormer. Now for my sick Cuddles: She's overall stopped eating & drinking. Maybe a tiny peck at some scrambled egg. She's sometimes making the open beak "yawns" like a crop problem...

Cuddles update: Poor girl is lethargic, quiet, & slow moving. Not interested in eating much & her back end now looks wet & poopy. So not like her! She ate 1/2 egg & 2TB of yogurt with TUMS tablet yesterday. Drank some water with Corid - but not enough. She pooped 4xs yesterday - runny with...

We're dealing with an ill chicken (my fav lav orp, Cuddles) & I'd like some help troubleshooting & treatment advice. Yesterday when outside taking some pics, I noticed she wasn't in my face asking for treats. When I threw some scratch near her, she gently pecked- not pushed her way to the...