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So after 4 days of living in the bathroom and getting warm baths with no improvement we went to the vet. She extracted 3 eggs and what she is sure is chick bones in one of them. I don't have a rooster so we assume it was a vestigial twin from her egg being a double yolk or something that her...

She's a 28 week old Ameraucana and has never laid that I know of. 3 days ago she was listless head pulled in and straining with little cooing noises. She had been picking and had a wound above her vent. Vent red and swollen, abdomen doesn't feel swollen, thin white poop, dirty butt. I've had...

My Celia is a Silver Spangled Hamburg, a little flighty, a little crazy. lol. She has 6 sisters all different breeds and everyone gets along. The problem is she will not let her tail feathers grow out she pulls them out as soon as they start poking through the sheath. The other girls are not...

Glad to hear the recovery is going well!

They are all doing great! Lola completely recovered and I slowly introduced her back into the flock. Except for Lola the girls have been laying for several weeks, I've heard Ameraucanas are late layers so as long as she's healthy and happy I'm not going to worry. The other 6 girls are averaging...

Yup!

Welcome! I'm in Columbus also.

Reuse, recycle, repurpose yay! Great coop!

Thanks Wol1. My vet loves bag balm to treat everything from baby butts, sunburn and chapped lips to topical pet injuries and scrapes and chicken butts of course. lol I was thrilled for her when she won the Nebraska Veterinarian Association 2013 veterinarian of the year award. She's the first...

Oh, I'm sorry your girl didn't make it. I'm only keeping the saddle on her for a few days because her injuries are so raw and to deter flies. My vet said flies are a concern because of maggots. I also remove it 3 times a day to wash her and apply bag balm. I made 2 saddles so I can wash the...

I'm not sure what caused it but I have seven 9 1/2 wk old hens and they attacked one of their sisters. Thankfully I found her before she was killed. My vet and I think she must have injured a tail feather and the blood made them gang up. She spent the night in intensive care and is now doing...

I just finished my coop made from a 8' x 5' playhouse. The run will be done in a couple of days.

I don't know if it's the angle or what but the top roost is 14" from the wall. I used 2 x 2 's that were free from the local dump - sanded the sharp corners down. Actually all the wood I used even the board for the feeder were from the dump. Except for screws everything is repurposed. If...

Here are pics of my coop from a repurposed 8' x 5' playhouse. I built and added the cupola for ventilation (it's a little cock eyed). My 7 girls will be sleeping there tonight and my son and I should have the run complete in a couple of days. Love those $1 cans of mis-tint paint!!!

Welcome! Years ago I had a full size french alpine goat as a pet. He was crazy fun - walked on a leash, wouldn't stay penned up no matter what I tried and insisted on riding in my convertible. Good luck to you!