Recent content by red130

cool will do, I've already added some apple cider vinegar to her water put i'll feed her some probiotic stuff as well thanks for the info.

went to check on her this morning, she's looking much better got most of the hard tissue out of the vent today, and put some more triple antibiotic on all of the affected area. here's a couple of pics,first pic is before cleaning. after cleaning having already applied the ointment. any thoughts.

yeah i saw some pictures about that, i just finished cleaning all of the pens and it's been a little cooler lately first frost might be this friday for me, so im hoping that won't be an issue.

im going to wait and see what the changes are in the morning, then proceed from there, a full farm unfortunately time is a factor when treating one chicken, i just don't like putting animals to the axe out of apathy. I really appreciate the info i'll report my findings soon.

her crop is squishy and a greenish baby food colour, she was eating but i removed food from the area for the moment, i cleaned her up unfortunately im all out of petrolatum gel bacitracin a triple antibiotic for the area's i removed scabbed tissue. i feel terrible for the girl but she seems to...

Thank you , first thing I did really was soak her until I could crumble apart the blockage with my fingers. I won't give her the medicated chick feed if it's pointless. I'll take more pictures later today.

hey gang, I've got the same problem with one of my hens, my roommate noticed she was mumbling to herself quietly off on her lonesome while everyone else was eating. she's had mud butt for a few days and i convinced myself that it was due to recent rains. to my horror i looked underneath her and...

Far out, thanks for getting back to me.

Just received fermented beer grain from a local brewery here in Silverton "avalanche brewing CO," and my girls love it. Their eggs are turning out awesome.

I wasn't sure where to ask this, and sorry if this is not the proper section. Is it alright for chickens to consume dairy. Mine have a varied diet of kitchen scraps excluding things I've read to be hazourous to their health. Knowing that dairy will spoil fast did not know if bacteria would be...

I was having troubles with this myself, in Silverton Colorado and spring means snow storms and wind. The ladies we not spending any amount of time outside so it goes to figure they were not laying much. As soon as the weather broke they had a few more hours of light and boom eggs. Me scrap bag...

Thanks folks, ill try some of these things. Just recently started feeding them oatmeal everyone days ill try better forms of protien.