Recent content by Henhaven2090

Thank you for all of your help @Wyorp Rock I feel much better knowing I made the right decision.

I ended up having to cull her. Her breathing was becoming labored and I didn’t want her to suffer. I gave her a nice day of foraging in the yard and treats before doing it. I did perform a necropsy to see what exactly it was. HUGE masses (2) of egg matter in the abdomen. One ended up getting a...

I know we’re getting off topic here, but why the change if they are molting? Also, what is the egg withdrawal period for each?

Yes, when I feel downwards. I think you are right. She eats and drinks just fine, nobody is picking on her (many are starting to go through a molt right now, they’re all ugly LOL) It’s definitely not fluid, it’s very hard. Is there anything that I can do if there is material in the abdomen? A...

She has a large bump that is hard to the touch. However, it’s not close to the vent. It’s in the same place where an egg would be when it needs to be laid, but when I insert my finger I only feel tissue between the egg and my finger. I can feel that there’s something hard in there where an egg...

I have a Delaware hen who is about two years old having issues. I first noticed she was when I saw some gleet on her vent. I saw the protrusion below her vent like she had an egg inside, made note and when I checked again 24 hours later she hadn’t laid. I brought her in, soaked her in Epsom salt...

I’m not sure what’s going on here. I’m thinking infected feather stub? This is right above her tail. It looks wet because I sprayed it with vetericyn. This is a one year old RIR. No sign of pain or anything. Any help is appreciated.

Just edited my post to reflect that. They are locked in their run now.

need some opinions here. Been losing a few chickens, it’s never more than one per day. Just find the feathers, but no body. No blood either. It has been at the edges of my property, a couple in the pine trees and one in the field. Some I havent even found the feathers for. I took a pic of the...

I would be rid of him. I also had roosters who were being too rough even with a senior rooster to boss them around. So off they went hens are much happier!

Thank you!! That seems similar to what I’m dealing with just much worse! I’m not noticing nearly the swelling or any sort of buildup within her. And she is also passing really solid poop now in almost normal amounts. Thank you so much for helping me through this. I haven’t seen anything like...

Okay so update. One pic is before soak, then I soaked her really well and sprayed out some of the poop that hangs out after she goes. It started bleeding a bit and there’s almost like a little cherry that was the bleeder. Prolapse? But we’re defjnitely seeing less black and more pink tissue as...

Yes she is pooping much more solid. Stinks to high heaven but it comes out much easier. She kind of bears down a little when she does it and makes a little chirp, which isn’t normal for her, but it’s coming out.

This is what it looks like today. Had a long soak and debrided as best I could. The ointment seems to be helping.

She doesn’t seem to be in pain when I try to debride it with a washcloth. I am trying to get off as much as possible. I will do that! Thank you