Recent content by Ana Robin

Thank you for the advice! I will definitely try to observe more. They seem to do the bullying on the sly... hard to catch sometimes!

Morning, all! Couple of questions. We discovered a pecking Issue with a couple of hens and dealt with it, however, the 2 that were getting picked on continue to sleep in one of the laying boxes (pile on top of each other) since the 2 known bullies were culled. The egg laying has come to a...

OK, thank you!!!

Good morning! I have chicks that are almost 5 weeks old. They are about to make their maiden voyage to the coop this next week, but I've noticed that they are wasting a majority of their food. We have the basic hanging feeder with slots but it's not hanging, it's just sitting on some bricks...

I appreciate the advice. Thank you!

Thank you. :hugs

I'm sad to say that we ended up euthanizing the poor chicken. It seemed the right thing to do, as she just wasn't getting any better and she appeared to be pretty miserable. Epsom salt bath didn't work, plenty of sunshine and electrolytes didn't work, yogurt eliminated the green diarrhea, but...

Thank you for the tip! We ended up taking her back to the vet. She had a pocket that had not been lanced so they opened it up and drained it. Now we are being super careful about not letting it close back up immediately.

Thank you very much for the advice! I hate that we need to reopen it,but hopefully this will do the trick.

Hi, all. I took my goat to the vet a few days ago and had an abscess lanced and drained. I've followed instructions on care, including warm compresses morning and night. The darn thing scabbed over despite our efforts not to let it and it's filling back up again. Not sure what to do and I'm...

I have not noticed any swelling or squishiness, but I'll double check. No avian vet here.

Thank you for the info!

I just checked her vent and she is not egg bound. Looks like the down below her vent is dirty but I see no evidence of diarrhea in the kennel. It does not look like she is eating or drinking,but I could not be certain.

Will she take to eating eggs out of the coop if I feed her scrambled eggs? I'd keep her with the others but I'm concerned she might be ill. I appreciate the help. Thank you both.