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Is his abdomen bloated at all? They can get a frothy bloat. Vegetable oil (NOT mineral oil) orally via syringe can help knock down the froth and bubbles and make him more comfortable and get things moving. Dosing with probiotics as well if you think this is a gut issue.

Yes....just play w your water to feed ratio. I did what the feed store recommended at first and it was like soup. Chooks ate it well enough, but seemed wasteful of all of the good fermenty juju, so I upped the feed a bit and a little less water and get thick oatmeal consistency and they seem...

I have multiple gallon mason jars w lids going for 14 hens. At first it took 3 days or so to really ferment but once the jars were "fermenty" from previous batches it's about a day and a half now. I line them up in order and just rotate through them, oldest fed first. I scoop in feed (I use...

I've fed raw for 11 years and have done raw feeding consults for the veterinarians I've worked for. Happy to answer any questions and help if I can.

Yes, it's called healing by second intention...when first intention would of course be sutures and restoring the structure of things. Trim feathers from the area, to just past the edge of the wound. It will heal better if there are no feathers inside the wound margins. Silvidene cream works...

I have a d'Uccle that crows but she tends to crow for a few weeks maybe a couple of times per week off and on and then stops for months at a time, so yours may not make it an every day thing. Mine was doing it when I had the newer chicks coming about 4 mos old so I was staring hard trying to...

If you're going to Tractor Supply get a 3cc syring w no needle and you can dribble the oil or GasX or whatever you're giving into his mouth. Put the syringe tip just inside his cheek and let him slowly swallow. You don't want tonhave him spluttering or choking with too much at once. Is there...

You can try a little vegetable oil, too...try maybe a tablespoon over an hour or so. NOT mineral oil (tasteless and they can aspirate/choke on it). If it's a frothy bloat the oil will kill the bubbles and help resolve things. Also keep the head and shoulders a little elevated above rump...as...

Try silvadene cream for the neck wound. It keeps things moist, fights infection and works very well for wounds healing by second intention (for example when you can suture closed, etc.). The creamy consistency always worked better than a neosporin type of greasy ointment and we used it often...

I've been reading through the chunnel posts and a few have used them around raised beds. I'm wondering how the pest control has been helped by this? Some seem to run the chunnels on the very outskirts of a larger raised bed area. Does that help enough with pest control? Putting them on the...

I have a little Delaware from this past May that I got along with 5 other chicks from the same shipment and they all looked the same age...within days of each other. She was teeeeeeny, 1/3 the size of the others at best all through the summer, took forever to feather out, but she ate and drank...

LGD pups need supervision with any livestock as pups...goats, sheep, whatever as they'll rough house and play the young to death or harrassthe adults. With birds, even adults need supervision at first if they've not been trained on birds. As was mentioned, tether her to YOU so you can supervise...

I have a strong (20+ years) background in Western veterinary medicine as well as homeopathy (10+ years). It's fine if you don't want to use homeopathy, but I've had great success treating animals with homeopathy...dogs, horses, cats, goats and chickens thus far. Many times where Western...