Recent content by lbiermann

Thank you for your help and suggestions. We lost her yesterday morning. I didn't feel a mass, but I also have no idea what I'm doing/what it would feel like! All the other chickens look healthy and without issues, so I'm hoping it was an egg issue and not something contagious. Just as a...

Okay, so not eggbound. Does anyone have an idea about what it could be? I am not sure if I should be worried about my other chickens? I have them separated for now, just in case.

Is it possible that she is starting to lay now, but became egg bound??

I have a one year old Dominick hen that has never laid an egg. The past couple of days she has become increasingly lethargic, depressed, has diarrhea, poop on her bottom, and she seems to have trouble walking, like she might topple over with each step. I put ACV in their water, cleaned her...

Oops, didn't see your response before I posted Comet Mum! Sorry. That is really helpful to know that a 4ft fence keeps your girls in, that gives me hope!! Thank you for the link, and for the welcome

Well, we don't know what happened with our neighbors either! Wish we knew so we could fix it! Our fence is ~4ft. high or so. Not terribly high, just high enough to keep in the horses and the dogs. Do you think it's too low to keep a chicken with a clipped wing in?

Hello all, I am brand new to the BYC forum and I am excited to have found you on the web! I do have a question for anyone willing to help: We have had our little "flock" of three chickens almost a year. Everything has been fine until about a month ago. We live in a rural area where almost all...