very much appreciate this - and your kind tone. funny how much of a balm it is to my spirit!
i'm setting up a little pen i keep in the house when i have a sick or injured bird. she's going to spend the night inside with us so i can keep an eye on her and do what i can.
again, thank you!
yes. i know you're right about the "cold" here and that your cold is real. i lived in south dakota for decades and have definitely become a lightweight when it comes to temps - in fact, it's why i moved. and i've a call into the only vet in the county that will see a chicken but since she's...
thanks for the reply. i'm definitely worrying about those things although my hens have always stopped laying while molting and most of my girls have either quit or really cut back on laying during the shortest days of the year - and it's been way cloudier and darker this December than usual, for...
I know you guys get this a LOT and I'm sorry to bring it up again but what the heck.
I currently have four hens in my small flock. One, a four year old silkie, is dandy. She's just tough as nails and lays eggs just about every day. She's also sort of a major jerk, but she fits in with the...
Back from the ER. I've got an appointment with their "avian team" on Monday over in Tampa, which is a 30 minute drive away but I do that for work five days a week so it's not an issue. I decided not to allow them to keep her over the weekend since my human child (haha) had an "out of network"...
Thank you. To be honest, I'm not feeling optimistic but this particular hen is a good friend so I feel like I owe it to her to try. But my expectations are very realistic and I will ask for a poop test and if I have to let her go I'm planning to take her to Orlando for the necropsy. I feel like...
very much appreciate your reply - i can't even tell you. there is an ER nearby that happens to have chicken people on staff and they are there today, so i'm taking her in. i told my husband we'll call the fee my christmas present. thankyou, thankyou.
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So this morning I checked my hen's crop and it's very large and very squishy and when i picked her up, she vomited some fluid AND now she sounds a bit rattly. The vomit smelled sour. I'm trying to get her into see a vet but I'm not feeling like that will work. Is there anything I can do at...
She has been dropping feathers and I've been thinking she was molting but it seems like it's taking longer and going more slowly than she has done in the past. I have felt her crop and it's soft. I don't smell anything around her beak - I've not dealt with crop issues before but I've always read...
so sorry for your loss. truly. my girl having the issues right now was a layer of BIG eggs back in her day. It was always how i knew it was one of hers....