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Today my dad told me I've been too gentle and he helped me out with my hen. He did what I did and got out warm soapy water and a wash cloth, but instead of being gentle, he scrubbed. A lot of the waste and infection started coming off. Then he waited until she had been scrubbed and soaked up...

No, my hen is not laying, but I did put her in a dark place with a ruduced amount of food so that she wont. She doesn't act like she is in any pain whatsoever. In fact she's been throwing fits because she can't go out and walk around (but I do let her every so often). The black hardened stuff is...

On the 15th I discovered my hen with a prolapsed vent. I dont know how long she has had it before, since I wasn't home for 3 days. I cleaned her up as much as I could and let her rest in the basement. I didn't try anything because she was bleeding (there was also infection). The next day I...

Thank you so much! Her poo is like water except it's an orangy color. Other than that she really doesn't show symptoms, but I'll be sure to post them if they arise. I will definitely try the sugar water and getting her to eat. I did adopt her from a little girl who was moving yesterday so I...

Hello, I don't really think there are many because you need to be careful that it wont be harmful to your pets. There are insecticides that come in powder form that say that they are safe for animals, but make sure that it says that! Then you just clean out the coop, lay down the powder, put in...

Hello, I'm so sorry to hear about your duckling. It seems like you're doing all that you really can do. Saving an animal that young is really hard to do. They may just be born with something wrong with them. Just make sure that they are warm with plenty of food and water and hope that they can...

Hello! My guess is that one of them may have worms. Since they started free ranging they might have wandered and ate something that gave them worms. Try checking the poo for worms. You can always give them apple cider vineager and see if that does the trick. Just put 1 tbs of it per gallon of...

Hello, my has been sick for 5 days now. She is lathargic and mostly sleeps and her bum is also very messy. She does have diarrhea and she doesn't eat much of anything. I did get her to drink a little today. I gave her vinegar water and a warm bath yesterday. After her bath she walked a whole lot...

Quote: Thanks for the advice! I'm going to see how she's doing tomorrow. After her bath she was walking around much more, but now she's wobbling around. She uses her wings and tail to balance herself and she looks like she's just really dizzy. I'm going to keep an eye on her tomorrow and if I...

I adopted a hen today and at first she didnt walk much, so I clipped her nails (they were an inch long and made her feet bend in painful looking ways). I also gave her an apple cider vinegar and water solution to drink (1 tbs per gallon). Then she still didn't move so I gave her a 20 min warm...

After further research I realized that my little lady is probably eggbound. She does have a messy tushie and her tail does stay down. I'm going to give her a warm bath and hope she feels better tomorrow! It can't hurt if she's not eggbound.

Quote: Thanks to everyone who responded! But I did give them some of the apple cider and water mixture. The vitamins I'll have to get tomorrow. As for the bumblefoot, there are no signs. I just went outside to check on them and she was walking around or standing for about 20 seconds. That's...

Today I adopted two hens from a girl who is moving. She loves animals and always assured that they we're taken great care of. She always gave them medications to prevent worms, mites, colds, etc. Well her ROR is perfectly fine, but her white hen doesn't move much. She occasionally gets up and...