Recent content by lsatt

Thank you for you recommendations! She is eating and drinking but hasn’t played an egg for two weeks now. Her poop is liquid. She hangs with the rest of the girls and doesn’t seem to be any worse for wear. I will do what you recommend and see what happens!

This bird is one of six. She is the only one with this dirty butt. I’ve soaked her twice to clean her up, she will push as if to lay an egg when in the warm bath. I can’t see an egg, I don’t feel one but am unsure if I know what I’m looking/feeling for. Reading other posts I believe if she had...

She recovered for about 5 days then kinda stayed to herself again for a day or two and now seems to be just fine again. She will be a year old on Monday and still isn’t laying🤷‍♀️ The co-op girls figure it’s still too cold 40s during the day and 30s at night, to count on them laying most days. I...

Great article! We were gifted our three orpies when they were 4 months old. I’ve been doing what I can to get them to trust us, they surely recognize me for the treats I bring😉 Two of the three will allow us petting and holding but the leader is a tough chick. Hope to wear her down this summer...

So much great info! I have no intention of incubating eggs but am amazed at the process nonetheless!

Today is the first day since I first reported a sick chicken, that she actually joined the group to race for meal worms! Can’t tell you how happy I was to see this. We have given her two sits baths to clean her vent and surrounding area of liquid yellow and black poo. She looks like she is...

I’m sorry to hear about Willow. We are having a similar situation with one of our Buff Orps although she seems to be coming around. I to feel that if something happens to her, I should send the other two to live with my son, that I don’t have the knowledge to give appropriate care to these...

About the same, she comes out, walks around but is now back up in the coop. Her crop doesn’t seem to be the problem now. I’m wondering if something else is wrong. She will be a year old in May but may be the one that hasn’t started laying yet. They are all the same age but really took a long...

She actually came out of her coop today and seems more fiesta. I sure hope she’s on the mend!

So here’s my sick chick today. She is at least standing and moving around slowly. I got a bit of a cluck hello, but unsure why the loose, yellow and black stool. I gave her a little glob of yogurt, she looked at it but didn’t go for it yet. I will pick up some form calcium today for her. If we...

Thank you! I think the gurgling was due to handling while we worked on her backside her head was below her body and maybe my husband held her too snuggly. I don’t know if she is laying or not. I thought so but then today our smallest hen layer an egg and I thought she was the one that wasn’t...

Thank you! For asking the questions, it helped me know what to research!

Thank you and everyone else that responded so quickly! I had my husband check for the impacted crop and after I went and examined another bird that isn’t sick, so that I knew what a normal crop felt like, we decided she did have a crop issue. While I tried to find what to do about it my husband...

We just changed feed to a 16% protein mix, more defined seeds than the powder they were eating. Her crop seems fine. Brought her inside and washed her bottom off. Which didn’t seem very dirty. When I picked her up some yellow stuff came out of her, poop? She sounds gurgling now.