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  1. toetoe

    I think might be egg bound but not sure/help please.

    Well no change, she still does not eat much, drinks little. Has no weight at all and can hardly stand. I will try a bath for a 3rd time but I think I am going to loose her. Have been giving vitamins in her water, warm oatmeal, kept her in the warm and dark. The only antibiotics I have is...
  2. toetoe

    I think might be egg bound but not sure/help please.

    Well so far so good , she is quiet just standing, left the back of the cage uncovered but toward the back of the hen house for air circulation. Going to check up on her in about a hour. Will give a report on her progress then.
  3. toetoe

    I think might be egg bound but not sure/help please.

    No air conditioning in the coop:( but it is not hot here, cloudy and 60F. Cool day and if I put a chicken in my home, when my husband comes home he would NOT approve. Last hen I brought in our home he had a hissy fit and plunked it out side. Flock is mine..as he always tells me. but he sure...
  4. toetoe

    I think might be egg bound but not sure/help please.

    Put her in a cage in the chicken house with hay on the bottom and covered her up. I gave her some water and some warm oatmeal with some yogurt. I will keep an eye on her for the day and try a warm bath again tonight before bed time.
  5. toetoe

    I think might be egg bound but not sure/help please.

    cleaned her but with warm water, seems to be sleepy in my arms wrapped in a towel. she should I put her back out with the flock?
  6. toetoe

    I think might be egg bound but not sure/help please.

    eyes are clear,
  7. toetoe

    I think might be egg bound but not sure/help please.

    no panting, very stuck together feathers, skin under vent ver very red. I have her in my arms right now
  8. toetoe

    I think might be egg bound but not sure/help please.

    did ot feel a egg but when I removed my finger it was followed by a gooey light yellow discharge.
  9. toetoe

    I think might be egg bound but not sure/help please.

    I will go out and check right now.
  10. toetoe

    I think might be egg bound but not sure/help please.

    No, I was not sure how far to go in on fear of hurting or damaging her.
  11. toetoe

    I think might be egg bound but not sure/help please.

    ...calcium out, 11 days ago her egg was still thin but a large calcium buildup on one end, 10 days ago her egg was mucky yolk surrounded by thin skin shell surrounded by egg white and then again surrounded by thin skin shell. * Dose anyone have any idea of what is happening to her or what I...
  12. toetoe

    question about egg shells

    ...In the spring I mix equil parts of egg shell and oyster shell and give to my girls. Wow my egg collection goes into high gear with in 1 week. ***it is best to clean the thin skin out of the shell before drying because that thin skin could harbor the chickens breathing if it gose across the...
  13. toetoe

    rooster straining to make bowel movement.

    ...and oats at night. The bowel that he dose make is the right color and consistency of normal. He has been a little testy lately with the hens and the 7 week old pullets. I have also heard him sneeze a few times this week. ***Is there anything I can do to help him? Dose anyone have any ideas?
  14. toetoe

    Please HELP!!! Don't know what is wrong with my 20 day old chick.

    Got the Corrid but by the time I got a friend to pick it up for me it was to late.
  15. toetoe

    chick throwing head side to side and stretching neck Help????

    Before letting it go in the hen house with mom tonight I picked it up and felt it's throat. Between the top of the throat and the crop I felt a hard area like it was grit or something stuck in the throat. If there is something stuck there how would I be able to get it out? It feels like if you...
  16. toetoe

    chick throwing head side to side and stretching neck Help????

    I have a chick that is throwing its head from side to side like shaking something off it's beck. It also is stretching it's neck out like it is trying to swallow something but can't get it down. It is very slow in it's walk and just wants to get under mom. It is 21 weeks old. It is drinking, put...
  17. toetoe

    Help! Need advice with sick chick.

    Chick did not make it.
  18. toetoe

    Please HELP!!! Don't know what is wrong with my 20 day old chick.

    My chick died last night.
  19. toetoe

    Help! Need advice with sick chick.

    OK, the chick is 21 days old so I have lifted the temp, I don't have a heat lamp that is why I am using a heating pad. I can't drive because of my resent surgery so getting Poly Vi Sol infant drops WITHOUT Iron I can't do. I have no way of getting there. The only vitamins I have is the ones I...
  20. toetoe

    Help! Need advice with sick chick.

    I came on here yesterday about a 20 day old chick that was not doing well. I had been told it might be coccidia. The thing is that the chick has been like this for more then 5 days and there is no sign of blood in the poop and none of the 9 chicks or 16 chickens are showing signs of anything...
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