I will say that it got considerably smaller and back in place, but I honestly think she had cancer, beyond the prolapsed crop. I was feeling some weird things in there. She was old, i had her for 12 years and got her as an adult so who knows how old she was. She was living in my house for the...
If anyone is looking to buy one of these, I have one that I am no longer using. A. my chicken hated it and B. I no longer need it. I paid 26 and change for it and I don't really want it to go to waste, so if someone needs it and you send me your mailing address I'll send it to you. I don't...
Did you ever get to the bottom of this? I know it's an old thread but I have a chicken now that I think is suffering from a pendulous crop and now she is not eating much at all and is making a burping sound and sometimes like a growling stomach airy kinda sound. Any advice would be great though...
Better than a heat lamp, she’s in my HOUSE! Haha. It’s 19 degrees and when the whole flock was together they toughed out cold weather. I felt bad for her all by herself out there! I’m a spoiler!
Naaa We enjoyed the journey, but it did hold us back a lot from traveling. We have a camper now and working towards no outside animals to ask friend to care for while we are gone.
But I really did love all my chickens!!
The beginning started in 2008. I was at a local park and it seemed someone had dumped off 8 (adult) chickens. Two each of 4 different kinds. So, naturally, they followed me home and lived out their lives with me. When we were down to one, we got six more from a friend. They dwindled due to...
I am curious about chickens, maggots and fly strike. If a chicken is afflicted with fly strike, why doesn't the chicken itself, of any of the other chickens make any attempt to pick off and eat the maggots that are crawling on them. I could see them on the surface, in a wound but that chicken...
Do chickens typically sleep with their head or beak tucked back "under their wing" or pushed into their feathers to keep their beaks and or combs warm?
Thanks. I just did. My chickens live a very long life in comparison to that. I got some as adults so who knows how old they were when I got them, and I still have one from that original batch and that Girl was attained as an adult in December of 08, and once in a while she still pops out an...
Ok, she does feel a little "bigger" than the other two. I had to give everyone a feel so I would know what normal feels like. It's not hard, but its the same feel as the normal two, only a bit bigger. In between the legs and kinda behind also. Why does this internal laying happen? Is there...
I'm really not sure how old she is. I have had poop tested before and it was clear of everything. I havent had this hen's poop tested recently, but it is watery. How would I know if she is laying internally? And what would I do about it? I think all the girls are old, I only get an egg once in...