Recent content by Bear and Dart

Hi from central Ma! I've found the best thing that worked for me when I had a bad infestation of mites is a product called Elector Psp at 3 ml per quart, spray it around the coop and on the vents and other areas of the bird that tend to harbor mites and it works much better than anything else I...

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Thank you. Her abdomen did seem a bit bloated like perhaps liquid was trapped there, so I'm going to guess your probably right.

My best guess, though I'm unsure of gasping could be a symptom, would be an egg related issue. She's pretty much always layed eggs with awful shells, and it seems it's something unique to her and not their nutrition. So perhaps something went awry somewhere within her body.

Yes, she just started today. All other birds are doing just fine.

She died after shaking and almost seeming to sieze ( though i've noticed that this tends to happen before they die ). I know she's young, but since she's a hatchery bird could it have been old age, or even an egg related problem, or definitely respiratory like the gasping points to.

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I have an almost 3 year old EE who is gasping for air. otherwise her eyes are clear, feathers shiny, crop is empty as if she hasn't eaten, and it seems like she's heavier than usual. She's a smaller bird and is usually very flighty. I'm concerned she'll die and i'm worried it's a disease that...

It has been able to get to its food until just recently, the others are not letting it. They are too rowdy. Yes, it is about a month old. I think I have a good idea of what to do now, thank you.

I received the chick today as their last ditch effort to save it. I checked for slipped tendon but I can't feel anything, I'm not sure if it's just because I have never encountered it before. It's almost as if the hock is slightly twisted, as it will not straighten out behind the chick but bends.

Hello, My friend has a 3 and a half week old chick who injured itself at a week old and started limping. It's walking better now but it's still limping and holding it's leg behind it in a very strange manner. I was looking to find any advice, is it just healing? Is it something worse? What...

Hello! I'm looking to possibly rehome up to 4 roosters, as I would like to make space. 2 are large fowl Cochins hatched 2/12/21, 1 is a large fowl cochin hatched 5/6/21, and the 3rd is a barnyard mix ( polish, easter eggar, cochin ) hatched 1/2/22 . It would be amazing to find them a home, as...

Sorry I never responded to anyone on this thread, life got really busy, but i stayed persistent with treatment and the now that the ground is not frozen and they are able to dust bathe mites are not really a huge problem at all anymore. Thank you so much for the advice though I really...

Friday night I was out and didn't get back until around 11:00, and went to lock the coop up. When I went inside I found my most dumb, fragile silkie pullet had escaped from the in-coop brooder and was not moving, eyes closed, a little cold, stiff, and barely breathing. I brought her inside and...

To clarify the coop is a plastic rubbermaid shed, the roosts and nesting boxes were built out of wood. There is also a super simple wooden frame for stability.