Hey all. I'm new to this. I have a broody who we decided to give eggs to and she took right to them. (great!!).
BUT
I haven't witnessed her get off the nest in her first day and a half. I know she could be doing it quickly and grabbing a bite to eat and drink. What bothers me though, is I...
I have a 3-4 week old with what seems to be a cold. She sneezes, was gurgling when chirping and now I can hear her breathing (though her beak is still closed). As of now we are treating with vet rx. Can a chick get a cold or respiratory infection and if so, does anyone have a suggestion on how...
I picked up our one baby today and she was coughing seemed to gurgle when I picked her up. Her energy seems fine and she's eating, drinking and moving. Any thoughts on how to treat her and if there is concern for the other babies with her.
Right now we have put nutridrench in their water and...
Praise the Lord! Took the bird to the vet this am. The vet said that she is one lucky chicken. The wounds are not infected, the skin will just grow back together (though slowly), there are no other injuries.
The only thing she said was to not use Neosporin (non pain killing type) because the...
Holy cow! She laid an egg in the cage this morning!!
After giving her a bath last night to clean her up, we found some bruising on the thigh of the leg she is favoring. This would also help to explain why she is limping.
We have scheduled an appointment with the vet just to make sure she is...
Already checked the other girls and they look good. They are moving fine and eating and laying like normal.
The wound is still pretty moist so we still haven't done Neosporin yet but I'm hoping tonight it will look ok to smear on.
Thanks for taking a look. When the skin pulls away and you...
Here is one photo up close.
And here is one other from a bit further back
It doesn't smell which is good.
I think I will take her to the vet because she is not putting pressure on her one leg (on the side where there is more of a wound). It could be a Bone injury or just soft tissues from...
One (three actually...) were attacked by our dog yesterday. The one who I am most concerned about has a wound about 4x3 inches mid back. We have flushed it with chlorahexidine 3 times so far (like we did with a previous attracted bird). I hesitated on getting it stitched because of infection...
Does anyone have a picture of a CW egg? I'm wondering if ours has started laying but I'm not sure what hers will look like compared to our RIR... (Our Welsummer and Cuckoo Marans are easily distinguishable...)
im going to bump this because our EE STILL isn't laying. Like I said previously, she was hatched at the beginning of February 2015. Laid for a few weeks at the end of June. Took a week off then laid again for a week and now has not laid since the end of July!!!
Any new thoughts, or is she just...