Recent content by seven possums

thank you friends, all who replied. necropsy sure looked like ovarian cancer to me, for what that may be worth

From this thread. Details are there, best to reply there I suppose. For those in similar situations, I used the (starter fluid) ether on a scrap of cloth method; it was quite fast and seemed very gentle and peaceful for her, to just fall asleep in my lap. She didn't struggle or even move...

rest well, Venus :(

Welp. Yesterday she was her usual self, a little slow but eating, foraging, doing her thing with the other three. Last night I went to close up the coop and tuck them in for the night and she was curled up in the nesting box. Tried to see if she'd roost and she fell, went back to the box, so I...

I have those, I'll try it! Altho this crew is odd, they won't go near scrambled, but if I mash up still-warm hardboiled, shell and all, they go to town on it. Thank you for the tip! For those playing the home game, Venus was very much alive this morning, dare I say almost sprightly compared to...

Bringing clavamox and meloxicam on board. Drained over 70cc of dark brown fluid this evening so obviously she perked up a little just from that, poor girl... she knows she gets a nibble of coconut oil before & after, never turns it down, so tonight I made her some warm mash for after to test her...

Thank you! I completely agree with you - all along I had been giving them either a dash of Bragg's ACV or a probiotic + electrolyte mix in their water but ran out and the farm exchange stores haven't been able to get it; tried greek yogurt and they turned their little snoots up at it lol. I...

Doubt it's the roost then! One of my girls had a toe spot like those last summer (also never. stopped. raining. ALL YEAR.) which I cleaned/soaked, debrided with a washcloth and painted it with gentian violet, similar to Blue-Kote and other dyed antiseptics. Repeated twice. This cleared it right...

What's the condition of the roost? Smooth, or anything that could cause injuries like this?

thank you...trying to do the best I can for her, she had a bad enough start to life. all this palping of her belly/body has me thinking she could stand to put on a little more weight; the three rescues aren't near as skinny as they were but they have to gain it slowly. she's such a drama queen...

Venus is a guesstimated 2.5y/o australorp, 3 flockmates - 2 leghorns, Magnolia & Sarge, and another 'lorp, Elvira. She's not laying, suspect a repro issue that has led to EYP - swollen, bruised-looking belly has drained off 3x, different fluid every time. Venus has always been broody and plucks...

Well, Sarge still has to regrow her tailfeathers but looking much better and laying again.

Seriously, Sarge? Hard molting NOW?? 🥶

Just dropping back in to update, Magnolia pulled through wonderfully; she's gained enough to finally reach a healthy weight, eventually started laying again and hasn't had a recurrence (checking her vent may have become a bit of a neurosis, but all four of them get checked now as part of...