Recent content by samuelG

  1. S

    Hen has empty crop and bloated belly

    We noticed the bloating about 3 - 4 days ago. Today she was eating some porridge and a bit of almonds and cheese but not into the grains. Her crop is empty though and you can feel the bones there and no food in there so I feel like she is not eating enough. Her bloating has gone down a bit so I...
  2. S

    Hen has empty crop and bloated belly

    Hi there. My hen seems in good spirits. She still drinks water but not eating much at all. I suspect she could be molting but her belly is round and a bit hard like she is not digesting or something.. it is not fleshy and soft like the others. It feels like how a human would feel when they are...
  3. S

    My hen is not eating just drinking

    It's been about 30hrs since I noticed my hen is not eating, only drinking more water than usual. She is lethargic, not dust bathing but she is still moving around just not much. She falls asleep during the day and she has a yellow runny poo with green through it but no smell. We have red mites...
  4. S

    avitrol plus

    Hi there. I wormed two of my chickens today with two tablets of avitrol plus for each chicken. Can I consume the eggs the next day or should I wait? any assistance would be great as I have six chickens and only three are laying. I just wormed the two of the three that are laying and I am reading...
  5. S

    continuous pecking. very stressful.

    Hi there. I got three chickens, two brown ones and a black one about 8 months ago. They have been quite good with each other and integrated well. A few days ago, I brought back two small ones that I got from a hatchery ( 16 weeks old) and also a smaller one ( 10 weeks old). I put them all in...
  6. S

    my chicken died suddenly.

    it has been hard yes and i have 5 chickens left but two have not had eggs for a while. I am unsure as I am new to all this but they are fed well, have a safe coop to sleep and have very big amounts of land to run around... Also the one that stopped laying recently was cause we had five days of...
  7. S

    my chicken died suddenly.

    Hi there, I have six chickens... some are golden brown, others are black with purple and orange tinge and two are big white ones. all about 9 months. On Monday we saw the two black ones in the same nesting box as they only want to use one and one black one is brooding, the other was trying to...
See more
Back
Top Bottom