just wanted everyone that responded to my that i gave my pellet some vitamin solution and she was up headed and perky this morning. Thank you all very much. I also thought about it though she was the only one it was probably the feed I have a mixed flock and i mix my feed laying pellet, scratch...
when she walks she will hold her head out but not up and when she stops she bobs a little and rests her beak on the ground like it might be the most comfortable to her
i am not positive just found her like this my chickens are penned in a coop at night and free range during the day everyone ran out perfectly normal this morning and have food and plenty of fresh water sources
i have a 6 month or so black copper maran acting weird need to know if i can help her or what has happened and if the rest of my 50 some flock is at risk. She is hanging her head but seems aware of surrounds can walk straight but keeps head down/low.
I know my chickens started squatting when they started laying, however my question is if they are not squatting are they off lay? They are not pullets they are mostly around 3 yr olds and layer kind of chickens (leghorns, red star, black star, Americaunas, rhode islands and barred rocks)If a...
I have witnessed my female shake her tail feathers as well. Had to do a double take as I thought it might be the young male that still looks a lot like her but it was definitely her. So maybe it's a female still? I try to look for the brown feathers under wing when at rest on the birds side. If...
Two cocks can live together. I'm no expert but have had a few peafowl and actually only one hen and always at least 3 males for 5 or so years. I started with the hen and mate and 2 young peafowl that I assume were her "teenage" chicks that ended up being males which were transported in a large...
Thank you, only have found one internet site that had pictures to go with explanation of egg per. And it still wasn't very helpful. I found another thread posted about the same time as mine with exact same symptoms so I'm going to follow that case and see if anything works out
Has anyone ever tried flushing a hens oviduct (probably not exactly correct part of system) with chlorhexidine solution when presenting with egg peritonise? I have a chicken that seems to be egg bound but after examination doesn't have an egg in her. So next thing is egg peritonise which is...