Recent content by refuge chicken

he's here, at 40 hours he started going quiet and weaker so helped him out, everything absorbed and no blood left, is sleeping sound now but exhausted, his neck seems a bit bent, is that normal from being folded under the wing for so log or could he have a wry neck? i dont know if he'll...

thank you for your reply! he's chirping loudly,but just sitting around not even looking like he's trying to get out, he doesnt look stuck just not bothered about getting out! its nearly 34 hours now, is that still considered normal or not by now?

can someone tell me if this sounds ok please? long story by some miracle an egg kept in a box for its last week has started to hatch, it has a good temp and had a soaked sponge in it, it was already about 5 days later than expected but 31 hours ago it made its first break in the shell, a few...

now totally back to normal, phew!!

15 days later... 99% back to normal, just walking like a horse now! but do you think her comb is a bit floppy?

thanks for that, will give it a try...

not sure, but her legs and wings were paralysed for nearly a week! i thought id just keep putting updates for future reference! hoping to post ..totally back to normal... soon!

yesterday she managed a few steps and made it into the box to lay an egg! 9 days after she went paralized today shes been walking a little bit more and standing to eat instead of floping back down, better but...

a week on she is able to push herself up to nearly standing, but after about 10 seconds drops back down, she can move her wings a bit and is using them to balance, been moving her legs and holding her to take the weight on them, shes still eating, been giving her lots of spinach! and vitamin e...

still not standing today :(

ah thanks, shes only just started laying in the last 2 weeks, shes with 6 others who are all fine, she was normal at half 6 this morning then at 11 i found her lying on her just layed egg and couldnt move, she looked dead at first very stiff, the vet checked her vent etc couldnt see anything...

my chicken was fine this morning but after laying an egg she was lying down and cant use her legs,although she can grip with one of the claws, shes eating pooing and drinking fine and is alert but can stand. i took her to the vet who knows a tiny bit about birds,she checked her over,did...

i had to get vitamin e with selenium in u.k, couldnt get it here, but it does seem to have some effect, not on the neck but in general, shes a lot stronger and sturdier!

bloody hell see what you mean! will hold off then and try the iodine, a big thanks from portugal guys!

some of the scabs look a bit cracked and slightly bloody-carry on with baytril?