Chickens can eat garlic as part of a healthy diet and it can actually help repel parasites and worms. We have put garlic in their water many times before and it never hurt them. But I don't think she has worms. diatomaceous earth can also help treat external parasites in chickens. I think it...
They are on New Country Organics organic and soy free food. Not pellets.
The three of them will be 4 years old in April. We have one Cream Legbar (sick one), a black australorp, and a barred rock.
We have not introduced any new birds to the flock since they hatched. And none of them have been...
We have given them diatomaceous earth as well as apple cider vinegar, pumpkin seeds, and garlic before as natural wormers. We gave them garlic this past week.
Her crop feels her empty, squishy, and kind of like a balloon. She normally eats pellets and we give the meal worms and vegetable scraps as treats. She has also lost a concerning amount of weight recently.
My chicken has recently been sick. I just noticed some yellowish discharge coming out of her beak. She is also wheezing and making jerking movements with her neck. Is this a respiratory infection??
My almost 4 year old Cream Legbar hen has not been eating or drinking for the past week. She has been making this weird noise that sounds like she's wheezing. I am worried that she might have a respiratory infection. She has also been making this weird jerking movement with her neck that looks...
My chicken has recently been doing the same thing. However, she hasn't eaten anything besides mealworms for at least the past couple of days. We think the other 2 chickens have been bullying her because they know she's not feeling well. She is also making these weird noises when she tries to...