She just sits in a perch or on the ground with her feathers fluffed. Her crop is squishy and large. I emptied the crop twice so far. Both times it smelled horrible. She has been laying eggs for about a month. She is 6 months old. She normally eats an all flock organic feed with occasional dried...
I have a 1 year old hen with sour crop. I started treatment yesterday which includes isolation, Miconazole 2x per day, Greek yogurt and water with electrolytes. She doesn’t eat or drink so I have to feed her with a syringe. Will I be able to tell if she aspirates? She’s very lethargic and...
I have a hen that has been laying eggs for about a month now. She has started losing feathers by her tail on her back. It has been going on for a few days now, each day she is missing a little more. She is does not have any wounds. She is one of 6 hens in the coop. None of the other ones are...
I have some young hands that are about four months old that I’ve just started laying eggs. I have ceramic eggs in the nest boxes but they are not laying their eggs there. They’re making a nest in the bedding in random areas in the coop and laying eggs there. Should I change the bedding in the...
I have 8 chicks that are about 3 weeks old. They are a mixed flock. One of them is plucking the down feathers of the others and eating them. I have read to add more protein so I gave them some hard boiled egg yolk but it did not help. Any suggestions would be helpful! Thank you!