Yorkchick,
We did not do anything special for our hen with a hernia.
When our chickens had a tropical parasite (from rats on the island - it's paradise, oh yeah
) we had to dose her more than once and follow it with an antibiotic and probiotic because bacteria/parasites just pool in the hernia pocket and doesn't clear as well as it does with a
'normal' chicken gut but that was only once. Our hen was a Rhode Island Red and she and her two sisters lived to be 5 years old. They all died about the same time.
Other than that, we never separated her and we gave free access to lay crumble and free ranged daily. Our friend at Three Ring Ranch Animal Sanctuary in Kona said that making sure she had grass/roughage was the key, but hey, she was fine for 5 years with one bump in the road when the hens got a parasite..... not a bad life for a hen. She acted the same as everyone else too. J
eta- she was a pretty good layer too. in her last couple years she would lay a soft shell egg occasionally.
We did not do anything special for our hen with a hernia.
When our chickens had a tropical parasite (from rats on the island - it's paradise, oh yeah
'normal' chicken gut but that was only once. Our hen was a Rhode Island Red and she and her two sisters lived to be 5 years old. They all died about the same time.
Other than that, we never separated her and we gave free access to lay crumble and free ranged daily. Our friend at Three Ring Ranch Animal Sanctuary in Kona said that making sure she had grass/roughage was the key, but hey, she was fine for 5 years with one bump in the road when the hens got a parasite..... not a bad life for a hen. She acted the same as everyone else too. J
eta- she was a pretty good layer too. in her last couple years she would lay a soft shell egg occasionally.
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