I have a French Bantam rooster that was given to me from a friend in Denver. He was the attack rooster from.....meaner than a skunk. I got tired of messing with him, so I caught him, tucked him under my arm, and for 2 hours we walked the tree lines, sat in the swing under the trees, and I sang...
Thank you for your help. The little hen is much better. No stuck egg. She is pooping, but watery. Still swollen bottom. She's eating and drinking and I have added calcium to her water. She is still isolated from the other hens, but is getting better day by day. You have no idea how thankful I...
Thank you. She is 1 1/2 years old and has never had a problem with her eggs. No mites or lice. I'm checking her out now, but this is a first time for me. Kinda scares me!
Thank you for your suggestion. I put her in a warm water bath for about 10 minutes. She was very relaxed and quit spasming. She is on her feet now, and I have her confined in a small container. Her little bottom is swollen, but I can't see anything. She had a little bit of white creamy discharge.
Please help!!! I just found one of my little olandsk dwarf hens down in the pen. She she is unable to walk and seems to be having spasms. The othe hens have pecked her and drawn blood on her wings and crown. I think she may be having trouble laying her eggs, but I don't know what to do to help...
Thanks for you input. I will post them again in a couple of weeks. I'm fairly new to raising chickens and this is my first season to incubate eggs. Still a little giddy. It's gone very well, but...what a learning curve!