Recent content by Alyssamary3

Thank you for getting back to me. Our little lady, Cecilia, didn’t survive the night. She will be very missed 😔

I have a chicken that, I’m almost positive, has sour crop. She was lethargic all yesterday and today, almost no appetite, sitting the the yard puffed up with eyes closed. With a gloved finger, I checked her vent and there is no egg in reach. I felt her crop in the late morning. It is huge, and...

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Is terramycin eye ointment ok to use for her?

Thank you so much! We were planning on flushing the eye again this evening so it doesn’t seal shut again. It’s funny that you should mention the food that you did- her favorite choices so far have been hotdogs and rice! She’s been offered a whole buffet of choices. My daughter has been hand...

So my daughter and I got Betty cleaned up a bit- nose hole cleared out and her eye socket is currently open. We were able to flush saline solution into the hole. I don’t think there is an eye in there. She was a perfect angel and didn’t even fight us one bit. She ate rice this morning and some...

Thank you! This is all great advice. We will get working on her right away. I feel so bad for her

We have a backyard flock of 15 chickens and just received a rescue Buff Orptington hen. The previous owner no longer wanted her because she was attacked by a raccoon. She is still walking around, eating, and seems to be ok, other than one side of her face being quite torn up. Her eye is swollen...

Barbara never perked up. She spent the past few days puffed up with her eyes closed. Today I held her and noticed her abdomen was swollen with fluid. The vet determined she was egg bound, which lead to organ failure and ascites. We chose to euthanize her 😔

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Anyone have any ideas? This is Barbara. She’s been very lethargic for the past week and just keeps still, all puffed up. I noticed yesterday that her eyes turned red (they are normally orange) and her legs and feet are changing color from pale yellow to red as well. We are all worried about her...

Sounds like a better idea! I’ll wrap the roost. 😅 I don’t want anything bad to happen to her, or one of her sisters. Thank you all so much!

We live in Indiana, and it’s been in the 70s/80s. I’ll keep an eye on her so she doesn’t get too hot. The coop has pine shavings and the roost is a 2x4. The coop has very good ventilation, so maybe I’ll just put the sweater on her before she puts herself to bed. She rarely roosts inside the coop...

Thank you all so much for the advice! Olive is perkier today and and is eating! I don’t see any more discharge coming out of her vent. Next question, how on earth do I feed a calcium tablet to a chicken? And do you think her wearing a chicken sweater would be helpful in padding her featherless...

I’ll keep you posted. Olive is the sweetest little lady