Recent content by jacalyn483

I have a hen suffering from the same thing- ascites. She is spitting up water but hasn't completely lost her appetite. Could someone walk me through the draining with a syringe process. Does it matter where I poke her? Thanks for the help.

I think the antibiotic was called Tetramycin or something like that- it was recommended by the guys at the feed store, and also one of only a few things to treat chickens. She looks terrible right now, and I will try the probiotics- cider vinegar mixture, etc. From the way it sounds, she is...

I hope someone has a quick solution for us. We are new to raising chickens and one of our Red Stars began hunching over and not moving around, also had a dirty vent area. We gave her a bath to clean the vent and mites started floating to the top of the water. We treated her with pyrethrin and a...