Yesterday I let my chickens out around 10:30am. It was a beautiful day; so I thought I would let them out of the run for most of the day. At 5:00 they were all happy and at 8:00 I saw a chicken sitting by herself. She did not look well. Her underside by her vet felt like it was filled with...
Sorry to hear about your egg bound hen. I talked to a couple vets after my hen died. One said if it was egg binding I could try crushing up a tums and giving it to her. The calcium helps them pass the egg. So maybe you could try that. They also said that keeping her warm helps.
I feel awful...
My Buff Orpington was a year old. Last weekend my husband let the chickens out of their run in the morning. It was a beautiful day; all of the chickens seemed fine. I saw them at 2:00 in the afternoon. We had to go out at 4:30; so we went to put all the chickens back in the run. One of my...