Recent content by lisaream

Sorry to hear about your hens... I too lost hens to a raccoon, now they are bolted in at night in the coop. I haven't had skunks, do they really dig under the whole building? I don't have wire under either.

I had a Raccoon massacre in my coop last week, killed my 2 fav hens and left one injured. The injury seems to be to her eyes, one is open and looks uninjured, the other was closed until today. The hen couldn't drink on her own for 5 days, had to feed her worms and water by syringe until...

Her nostrils are clear, but her tongue looks weird and she is moving it around alot. I will look tonite to see about foreign bodies but I wonder if some of the bran could have frozen in her mouth? Trying to thaw with warm water... don't know how she could have hurt herself as she is in a run...

I have a hen who I fed a sort of bran mash to last week. She seems to have trouble closing her beak now, and I was afraid it froze up with the cold and moisture. After bringing her inside and giving her warm water she still can't seem to pick up corn or even worms. I m hoping the bran isn't...