Recent content by Folara

  1. Folara

    Senior Chicken Who Is Thin and Not Acting Like Her Normal Self

    You're very welcome!! I'm so glad to hear it helped, she sounds exactly like how my hen was before and after sour crop treatment. It makes me very happy to see my little hen running around again after so long of being low energy. Hurray for your hen!!
  2. Folara

    Senior Chicken Who Is Thin and Not Acting Like Her Normal Self

    I just went through something very similar with one of my older hens - she became lethargic and withdrawn, and while she did eat a little food it wasn't enough and she was very skinny. Ultimately I believe she was suffering from sour crop and after treating her she's back to being a normal...
  3. Folara

    Sickly Chicken Advice

    Happy update! As it turns out, it looks like her primary condition was sour crop. I suspect she has been suffering with this for a while which prevented her from eating enough food and she became skinny, weak, and lethargic. She never had any obvious symptoms but I did notice she was less active...
  4. Folara

    Sickly Chicken Advice

    Thank you so much for your help and advice! I've started her vitamin therapy and she's been much more lively the past couple days, although she still drops down if she tries to jump off something. I'll keep at it and hopefully she'll continue to improve!
  5. Folara

    Sickly Chicken Advice

    An interesting update - the past couple days she's been more active and wanting to join the flock. Yesterday morning I opened her cage and she ran out then tried jumping off the coop ramp, fell and couldn't get herself up. I stood her back up and she stayed standing, a little hunched over with...
  6. Folara

    Sickly Chicken Advice

    She just got her calcium and some coconut oil chunks too. Fingers crossed! She has some undigested seeds in that poop - my husband gives them a small handful of bird seed most mornings as a treat (split with 10 hens). Regular diet is free access Nutrena All Flock with free access oyster shell...
  7. Folara

    Sickly Chicken Advice

    I'm very sure there is no egg or membrane that I could find, but I wouldn't be surprised if my other chickens ate a membrane (they've never eaten complete eggs). I'm keeping her separated today to watch her. Below is a picture of the only poop she had overnight last night, I think it's slightly...
  8. Folara

    Sickly Chicken Advice

    Yes, she was her normal self until yesterday evening when I found her hunched and not moving. She did not lay today, all of my chickens have pretty much stopped laying now due to less daylight. I agree they do very well in the cold which is why I think she has an underlying problem - unhealthy...
  9. Folara

    Sickly Chicken Advice

    I have a 3 year old Olive Egger hen that became hunched, low tail, closed eyes, and not moving much last evening into this morning. I went out to buy some supplies for her today and when I got home she perked up a lot - I saw her eat and drink a little and now she's out in the sun showing a...
  10. Folara

    Thoughts on the bucket toggle feeder?

    Thank you for your experience, I share the same thoughts on the buckets! Good idea to start with smaller holes, you can always go bigger but you can't go smaller. I'm sure different types of feed have different hole requirements so everyone has to experiment with what works for their specific feed.
  11. Folara

    Thoughts on the bucket toggle feeder?

    That's good thinking - from the tutorials I've seen online no one has mentioned anything about the weight of the food preventing the bolt from moving much. I think saysfaa brings up a good point, it takes some experimenting to figure out the right hole size vs bolt toggle to allow enough food to...
  12. Folara

    Thoughts on the bucket toggle feeder?

    I am interested in hearing everyone's thoughts, opinions, and ideas on using a bucket toggle feeder as the only or primary feeder for chickens. Below are pictures from the internet showing examples of this type of feeder - the chickens peck the cork/wood and a small amount of feed falls out of...
  13. Folara

    Deep Litter Height

    Do you mind explaining what lining you used and how it hasn't help up to your expectation? I was thinking of something exactly like this for my next run, lining the bottom foot or so with something solid and able to withstand moisture from the litter.
  14. Folara

    Deep Litter Height

    You have a great open-air coop - does the litter build up against the hardware cloth portion of the coop? Do you have to step-up onto that foot of litter when you enter? Thank you for explaining, those are great reasons for a raised floor!
  15. Folara

    Deep Litter Height

    Temporary deep litter in a tractor sounds great - being able to just lift up the tractor to harvest the goods is definitely an easier task! My run is also primarily leaves this time of year - I love the look of a leafy run and they break down beautifully. I'm actually glad they break down so...
See more
Back
Top Bottom