Recent content by Gingasnap

@Eggcessive Oh man I didn't know that :0 I was following a video that said you should make them vomit, I wont be attempting that anymore if its that dangerous! :(

Ah, okay. Ill stop doing that then! She seems to be doing fine right now, but I definitely want to get her a brace or something

@Eggcessive I did decide to go with chilled coconut oil after reading a few different articles and that helped, I tried massaging her but not much really came out so Ill try a brace on her and set up her own little crate for now. I do give my hens a mix of granite and oyster shell grit, if that...

Today I noticed my hen, Petunia, doing this weird gagging motion so I decided to see what was up with her. After a quick examination I found that her crop is really hard and swollen feeling. Is this impacted crop, and if so, what should I do? I read online that you should give the chicken olive...

That sounds pretty likely! One of my 'CCLB' girls is starting to grow in a single comb and no crest of any sort. The other has a crest and single comb though. They have very EE colors as well

Ohh interesting! I'll be sure to check out the link

Anyone else have any ideas?

Aw thanks! I like her colors a lot as well :) her name is Soy Sauce.

So, a few months ago I bought some chicks at the local tractor supply. They were advertised as easter egger pullets, but as time went on some turned out to be male, another a Delaware, and two more are CCLBs (i know they lay colored eggs, but not what I was expecting lol) Now Im sort of curious...

@PurpleCArTires Ive put a fan in the run and set up a mister and a wading pool for the flock, it seems to be helping. Luckily my wyandotte seems to be having less extreme 'flashes' now that things are a little cooler. I think Im going to assume its a heat related thing, but I do like the idea...

I just checked my hens for worms and got nothing :/ maybe my hen is just getting overheated? We treated the flock to some watermelon and that made her face turn dark red for a few minutes before the 'flashing' started up again

Anybody have any idea on what this could be? She just had another pale face moment this afternoon, I think it might have to do with the heat but Im not 100% sure.

One of my chickens, a gold laced wyandotte hen, keeps having weird on and off moments where her face will get super pale. Its super random and lasts less than a minute, but her face and comb turn very pale pink, almost whitish before going back to normal. She doesn't seem to really notice this...

That's what I'm starting to suspect as well lol. I wonder what she'll look like when she's older.

Here's an update on the little black chick, her feathers seem to be solid black with a little grey 'fringe' on the tips of her shoulder feathers.