Recent content by Jrobb78

Thank you so much, I will take a look at that link. Unfortunately, none of the vets even remotely near us treat poultry, so that’s not an option.

Thank you. It’s very humid where we are located. What can we do if it is lash material? It’s near her vent, and definitely egg-shaped as it can be felt through her abdomen but there is what feels like a layer of tissue between it and the vent. She has had 600 mg of calcium yesterday and today...

She is eating and drinking just fine. I just do not know how to help her get the egg out.

Anyone have any suggestions? I really don’t want to lose this hen, she’s my favorite.

This is the freshest poop. My husband said she pooped when he examined her and it looked pretty normal.

No, as I said I don’t think she has laid an egg in at least a month. The last several were normal, but she did lay a couple of soft shelled eggs a few months ago. She has had a poopy butt for most of her life, so I haven’t noticed a big difference there. I’m not home all day so I don’t have much...

I know there are tons of threads on this topic, but I don’t see anything quite like our situation. I have a 4 year old RIR that is egg bound. She has not laid an egg for over a month, but I wasn’t super concerned at first because of her age, and she has had issues in the past. Lately she has...

I have a broody RIR that I gave some eggs to hatch. She has been on them for 3 days now. Today I forgot to chain the door to the run open (they free range all day) and it blew shut at some point while I was at work, locking the broody out of the coop for an indeterminate amount of time. The...

Do you still have extras? I’m thinking about getting some, I have 2 and they crow all night! 😕 I came here to see peoples opinions on them.

Thank you! We have Nutrena at our feed store, and we buy that often. I haven’t seen Purina.

I have no idea as I’m not at the store. That’s why I was asking here! ;) I live in the country and it’s a bit of a drive for me, so I’m trying to educate myself first. This is my first time having chicks along with adult birds, so I’m learning a lot!

I have 3 hens and 3 chicks that are now 8 weeks old. I have had the whole flock on the chick starter/grower with oyster shell on the side. My older girls are molting now, are the chicks old enough to eat all flock if I mix it with the remaining starter?

Thank you! I plan to check it again tomorrow after getting input on here. I thought about doing that tonight, but this is my first ever bumblefoot experience so I was unsure. I appreciate the input!

It was pretty bad. The kernel was very large and she was limping as if in pain. Everything I read says that it will only get worse and will possibly kill her, so I thought it was better to be proactive. I didn’t cut her tissue, I was able to just separate the scab from her foot and pull it out...

Saturday night I performed bumblefoot “surgery” on one of my hens. She had a very large plug, which came out completely, but not much “cheesy” infection behind it. I packed it with Neosporin after rinsing it well, put a piece of cotton ball (not the best choice in retrospect as it stuck to the...