Recent content by HayesBartonBiddies

I'm so sorry- didn't see that she had died before I responded. Ton's of people's chickens die. We all do the best we can. I'm sure she got more love and attention than 99.999% of chickens in the world so don't be hard on yourself! You tried your best! <3

I have a hen that we just brought back from the edge of death. I think she got too weak/uninterested n food/something. After taking her to the vet, we had to force feed her with a tube/syringe several times a day with this "remedy" food that you mix up like pancake batter. I think they get...

Update: Well, she would barely eat all day yesterday. She ate maybe 3 bites of peeled tomato, one bite of buttermilk-soaked-bread. No water. I syringed 2mL of water into her (with molases). Today she is almost non-responsive. My mom got home and held her while we've given her 10mL of...

I have a pretty grey/brown hen we thought was an aracana but looks like she has some buff orpington mixed in. She is about 6-8 months old. A few weeks ago she developed a pendulous crop. We took her to the vet and they put a "crop bra" on her to "hold it up so the contents could better drain...