Recent content by Kelly FG

Good advice, thank you!!! Genevieve is her name, she's from my original flock of 8 hens. I also have a buff Orpington that is the same age. They are great companions for each other. They love to eat, sleep, and they still talk to each other all day. My Buff Marguerite even layed a bunch of eggs...

I have an Easter Egger hen that is just shy of ten years old. She wakes up every morning with crusty eyes, I have to wash them so she can see. It's like when very elderly humans get watery eyes. She's very frail ( but has been for almost two years) I think she has chicken dementia, she falls...

I know it seems crazy, but all of my chickens are pets. This girl is only 4 months old, I wouldn't feel right letting her die if there's a cure for her condition. I can't say I always take them to the vet but if I think it's worth it I do.

Took her to the vet with a stool sample. She's super skinny, only weighs 2.7 lbs. he took blood because he really couldn't see anything wrong with her. The blood and the still results will come back tomorrow. He also gave a her a shot of antibiotic just in case it is an infection of some sort...

Started several days ago, she's normally the boss of my younger flock. Now she's lethargic, staying away from the youngs girls and hanging out near my two 9.5 year old hens that mostly sleep under their coop all day. None of the girls in the younger flock have started laying yet, I don't think...

Thank you for sharing your experience. I have read many lame leg/ mareks stories in young hens, I knew I could rule that out right away but it sure is scary scenario. I will try the turmeric/ pepper. It can't hurt!

Good luck with her Shazzy. It sounds like it might be something similar!

Thanks Kathy! I hope it helps someone!

I know many others have encountered this problem and there's always a lot of speculation as to the cause. My 8.5 year old buff orpington started limping & having trouble using her right leg a few weeks ago. I assumed she injured it jumping from the higher roost she was sleeping on(I took that...

Great advice! Thank you!

My original flock is nearing their ninth birthday. 3 out of 8 ladies remain. 2 are buff orps that look and act like they are young. In fact one of them hatched out her first babies this summer. The third is my lovely Genevieve, she's an Ameracauna. She's always been small but she's really thin...

clear bubbles in one eye but a few days ago the eye was swollen and irritated-it looked like a bug bite or a toenail scratch which all of my girls have had at various times. Now her eye looks fine but she has a few clear bubbles coming out of it. She was broody & isolated for 3 weeks, now she's...

they look like lighenting bugs with their wings closed except these dont seem to have wings, any ideas? and are they harmful to my birds?

She has now stopped eating & drinking, wouldn't even take yogurt or corn this morning and she's been laying down in a box since yesterday. She was the top hen in my flock and my absolute favorite lap chicken, my world with chickens will never be the same without her! Her condition declined...

so I acquired two bantam cochins as day old chicks this summer, I thought they were standards. Now they are about 3.5 months old and they are still TINY compared to my standard flock. I've never had bantams before, do they need special care in the winter? also, about the silly feathered feet...