I took her to the vet,He thinks it is peritonites and gave her
an injection of penicillion.
and she has an open wound on her vent area,yes there were
lots of maggots that we cleaned off.
no mites or lice.
tho he thinks that the wound is caused from the diarea whitch
caused the maggots.
so he...
no I have never wormed my chickens,I gusse it coudnt hurt.
I clean thire coop every 2 weeks.
use pine shavings.
I have well water, wich I was told has 15% per billion arsenic,
I just got rid of my roo,who favored her and the diseased chicken
by finding food and feeding it to them.
grit and...
I had just lost my 3 yr old australorp 2 weeks ago,
she had stopped laying in feb.
And I noticed that her comb was bent over,had water poo
with white strands,
I gave her antibiotics but it was too late.
Now my sexlink seems to be having those same symptoms.
She also has a messy butt and has not...
I sure am happy to come across these post tonight.
As of now my beatiful RIR roo sits in a cage.I will be taking him to work with me tommoro to give to a coworker who has 6 acres to
range on.
I have been crying off and on talking to Dante:(
I feel so bad.
I have had him for 3 yrs.
He is good to...
my australorp annie has not been laying for about 4 mo.
she has been eating fine,but has a swollen eyelid and
now her comb is bent over,
she seems deppresed,
Now my sexlink Wanda has black scabs on her comb and is not laying but appears to act ok.
my ee, rooster and other sexlink are fine.
I...
two of my hens have had white gunk on their butts for about
2 months.and have not been laying at all.
Tho they are eating and and seem ok.
I cant get to them on count of a very protective roo that I hope to
be geeting rid of soon.
Is this an eggbound symptom? worms?
If eggbound what shold I do?
Once I had offered my brother some fresh eggs.
He said that he was afraid that there might be
a partial developed chick inside.
I told him that would not happen.that I collect them every day.
A week went by.
I called and asked how he liked them.
He said that the eggs are way too rich for him...
thank you amosunknown for your sugar water
advice,my chick went from laying on her side to now standing.
she is drinking on her own but still will not eat.
I called the store that I bought her from and asked if
they had any antibiotics.
And the guy said that they do not carry any.
and that a...
I have two six day old chicks.
I noticed that the silver laced is not eating very much,
and had caked poo on her butt.
So yesterday I ran warm water to soften and remove it.
When I checked on her this morning she has more caked poo
and is unstable after setting her down.
she feels lighter than...
resolution.
I didnt go to college but your info makes sense to me.
I am intrested in any testimonials,cost,
wear can i get some of this to experement
with my flock.
do you recomend gradually introducing
this kind of change to a flock (mine)
that is used to getting treats and an all
you can eat...
I had a blood streak across the yolk
and a bloody yolk from my australorp "annie"
when she was a year old.
I dont know the cause,
and it hasent happened for year.
tho her eggs whites apear watery,and thinner
than the others.
I would like to know what is causing that also.
when I give eggs to my...
I have had my chickens going on two yrs.
an australorp,sexlink,and rir rooster,and a aracauna.
my friend gave me his sexlink in july.
since then my aracauna is not welcome to roost
or eat with them.
she stays in the coop all day untill I come home,and I
have to let only her out first for a while...
I too saw one of my hens eating an egg,
so I blew the yolk out of a egg and filled
it with mustard and hot sauce and
put it back in the nest.
twenty min later she went for it.
within seconds she jumped out of
the nest and ran around the coop.
I havent had any problems since then.
I had read...
OK,my intuition was telling me that it doesent seem right.
I told him that my rooster loves tomatoes.
And that is when he said"Oh I dont feed my chickens"
They fend for themselves.
I could feel my heart rate elevate a bit.
I can handle my agressive Roo,the problem
is getting friends and...