Recent content by HelenR

I was hoping the worming stuff the vet had given me would cover all worms, I will have to call him again tomorrow to see if it covers. I have treated them once a week for last 2 weeks they need one more dose tomorrow to ensure covered all stages of worms I will check out the link you have...

Hi Thank you I have checked her this morning and the crop isn’t completely empty but there is not a lot in there to be fair I will check her tonight before bed to see how full it is to get a comparison The vet has asked me to monitor her weight as the other Brahma hens I have range between 3.3...

Brahma chicken been off food for a while loosing weight and diarrhoea She has been treated for worms/ parasites this last month and coccidiosis a few months ago as really poorly then but picked up really well .Have force feed her as per vets instructions which helped her a little, she is eating...

Thank u so much, it has been a little trauma as lost first chuck as vet thought it needed worming and that’s why it was off colour and blood in poo, then they thought she had meraks disease when she suddenly went really bad and died , so when this one started to be poorly 6 weeks later they...

Thank u for replying, I have started to treat them, it’s in their water but they don’t seem to be drinking much , I was wondering if I should give it directly to them as I have been doing to the poorly chuck least I would know they have had the treatment, but as it it now in their water I am...

How long would you separate them for? I have a chicken that has had its 3 days of treatment and is eating normally now and poop almost normal, I am havin to have her indoors as no where else to keep her , vet treated her with baycox so was wondering when to put her back with the birds , they...

Thank you

Hi I am hoping you can help me ? I have had a poorly chuck , the vet has treated her for COCCIDIOSIS for 3 days she looks so much better he did not say when I should put her back with the flock can anyone help me as she is lonely on her own , thank you

Thank u will keep separate from now on

Thank u so much for writing this article l have had a suspected infected chicken. I have a small number of Brahma hens as pets and during c19 lockdown I have been working from home for 6 months now and so very attached to my hens, my 18 month hen went off her food and was not herself, thought...

This is a really great article and really good read, was stressing as one of my hens was nearly bald and dropped them all at once in summer , this article curbed the the stress for me unfortunately not for her! Thanks

There is grit and I put oyster shells in their food too but it is odd as through summer I watched half the wild birds eating it and they are not touching it either I was wondering about trying crumble feed so I will give that a go and see what happens , thank u

Funnily enough they will eat from my hand rather than the floor ! So can try that see if will help. They have really worried me, I know it’s prob silly but only have 5 and since I have had to work from home due to c19 since April they have been my friends more than ever so pets not chucks at...

It just gives me a batch number and best before which is 01/02/21 , smells ok . Do you think maybe try a different bag and see if that is the problem maybe?

They are 1 and half years old, they had layers pellets and then mixed corn, their food is stored in the bag it came in, in my porch so no damp or vermin to get in. Really strange they have moulted really heavily also, I have lost one too, sadly at the same time, she had been to vets not 100%...