Recent content by elliotemery

ok, yeh i have been trying to drain her my massaging it out. Is there a better way to do it?

ok thanks. Is there nothing i can do to cure it? Will she die?

I took one of my chickens to the vets about a 3 weeks ago as she has sour crop and diarrhea. The vet said that she had something where the eggs during production had gone down the wrong way and has become foul. He gave her 4 injections in the space of 2 weeks and we also gave her some friendly...

dont worry. I have done a lot of research and found that she has sour crop and i have now started the process of having to drain her.

I have a chicken which has poop over its bum and the top of its comb is purple. It all started yesterday and has quickly declined. Her crop feels like it is full of water or fluid of some kind. Please tell me there is something i can do. What is the problem?? Also i started to treat her for...

ok thank you very much i have done exactly that. Thanks

i have had this problem every time i hatch. It is day 20 of my incubation and chicks are starting to pip however they pip the slightest hole and then they stop there is no more effort for a long time. it almost seems like they have died. They hardly attempt to pip any more. What should i do...

ok thanks

hello, i have an incubator but i would also like to buy a hatcher so i don't keep having to change the humidity. How ever where ever i look they are all rather expensive. Does anyone know wher i can get a cheap hatcher which wont cost too much? thanks

no i cant see any bugs or eggs anywhere, the spot is on her belly. she sleeps on the roost and occasionally in the nesting box. no she has shown no signs of broodiness. also there are half feathers on her where it looks like she snapped them off. but there is no feather picking of each other...

I have two chickens which are showing signs of feather loss i am almost definite it is depluming mite. however i have applied mite powerder for about a week now and it is showing no signes of doing anything! is there anything else i can do? thanks

can anyone confirm that it is depluming mite or anything else? thanks

could it be a depluming mite due to the redness and how there is feather loss? thanks

I have a black star chicken which is about a year old now and I have noticed that there is a loss of feathers of under her. Look at the photo. Is there anything to do? Thanks

Hello, i am just about to convert my shed in to a large chicken coop and i would like some advice of the waters i should use. I would like to raise baby chickens in one side as a brooder and i was thinking of using watering cups. However i am unsure on which is better for chicks, watering cups...