Recent content by huntersmoon

Hi, Until Friday she was eating and drinking still, and I gave her cal citrate and some mineral oil into her vent and expelled a bit more fecal or egg material. Her abdomen felt quite hard still and perhaps there's a tumor or something else entirely. She did pass away Thursday night. Thanks...

I did not feel an egg when I inserted my finger yesterday. She seems alert and interested in her surroundings, though is not moving around much.

I initially thought that she had water belly but then when I couldn't draw any off, I thought she was egg bound. When I put a fingertip into her vent, about 1/4 cup of either rancid egg liquid, or fecal matter gushed out. Her abdomen is still very hard. I haven't seen any malformed eggs in...

Hi, I have a hen who two years ago developed water belly and I syringed it off. This morning she was doing the penguin stance and I thought she had water belly again, as her abdomen is swollen and hard. I inserted the needle but was only able to draw off one syringe of water, and nothing...

Thanks for linking that thread! I drained about a cup of clear fluid off this morning and will do more tomorrow, as I understand doing it all at once can send them into shock. It was my first time injecting an animal and it went really well! Shannon

She's between one and two years old. I think she has been laying eggs recently but couldn't tell you if she did yesterday. She panted for a couple of breaths when I had her on her side, but she had also had just been flapping her wings to escape me. I didn't notice her panting when she was...

Hi, This morning I noticed this hen waddling like a penguin and repeatedly squatting as if to lay her egg, and eating with her tail drooped down. I corralled her and gave her a soak in warm water with light abdominal massage toward the vent, and did an internal exam. I feel something hard and...

Another Texan (Austin) coming to find out the same thing! Thanks for the info!

Thanks for the advice!

I have some six-week old chicks that I've integrated in with my hens from three weeks on, using the method described here of creating a space the hens can't get into but with a small opening the chicks can venture out safely. Everything is going beautifully. I have the hen food coming through...

Everything was picked off of the bones and the bones were still connected rather than torn apart from each other. Yes, our coop portion is fully wrapped and I'm kicking myself for feeling safe in leaving that door open. The openings on the run are just the 1x3 I mentioned but I didn't realize...

We are near Austin Texas. My coop is 12x10 wrapped in 1/2" hardware cloth and has a screen door (double latched) opening to a 12x12 run that is wrapped in 1x3" metal fence panel. Something got in and ate seven of my nine hens. We found a place where the fence panel attaches to the coop...

Thanks for the replies. I had hoped that with the few feathers she got away but did not find her earlier this morning. Definitely a lesson learned on my part :(.

I am feeling really guilty...I let my hens out yesterday as usual. I forgot to let them back into the coop at dusk and got to it a bit late. We were doing fireworks at our place and I got distracted. As I remembered and went to get them, I thought that foxes and coyotes were probably...

Thanks everyone. None of the other chickens has had abnormal poops and all look fine. One has a slightly pale comb but everything else is normal. I think it was specific to this old hen.