Recent content by geowoman

Yes that tail made me pause this morning.

Yeah definitely not a Brahma!

10 week old mystery chick was given to me, along with two cinnamon girls, by a friend who said she thought it was a Brahma cross. (No feathered feet and not a large chick.) Wondering if this is a cockerel? Comb starting to pinken and I noticed the little wing feathers on her/him today. Of...

Oof. That sounds right on. Crud. Thank you!

I haven't seen her lay in a while, but I'm not sure. Her sister laid the other day, so I suppose its possible. I don't feel any swelling in her abdomen. I"ve had a few chickens with reproductive issues and I'm familiar with that kind of swelling. I really don't feel anything, which makes me...

Thanks Wyorp Rock! I don't see anything inside her mouth. I almost wonder if there's a blockage somewhere. She had some yogurt with monistat and some water with ACV this morning and a lot of it didn't stay down. When she would drink, the yogurt fell into the water.

Hi there - I found my favorite girl, Dottie, lethargic this morning and making a snoring sound. The sound eventually stopped by mid-day but the lethargy continued. She has not eaten anything today but had a lot of water before heading in and going to bed tonight. (She got up and roosted with her...

Thanks! Out of curiousity, what makes you say pullet? I seem to be terrible at guessing.

This little one is about 6-8 weeks old. Easter Egger mama, banty Buff papa, Silkie surrogate. ;) Any thoughts on gender? I thought pullet but am noticing the red coming in on the wings... Thanks! [/IMG]

Thanks Sea Wolf. Assuming I can bring myself to do it, how would you recommend I euthanize it? It is exposed flesh. It is walking and taking water from me readily, but not eating. Why would it be worse to feed it? This is my first experience with this sort of thing.

I came home this afternoon to discover that a chick hatched out of one of my broody's nests and the other broody was attacking it. I brought the chick inside, cleaned it up and put colloidal silver and neosporin on it's back. I've been dropper feeding it with water and probiotic/electrolyte...

Thank you, Eggcessive. I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case.

HI there - I'm pretty sure my 3yo production red, Silver, has ascites. A few weeks ago I noticed that her rear end was covered in poop. I washed her in a warm bath and her backside was slightly swollen and felt like a water balloon, which seems in line with an ascites diagnosis. Since then...