Vet checked for egg nothing there, unsure of age as she was dumped in my field. Nothin different about her eyes, beak or any wheezing. Not long wormed, poop is green and white quite runny. Crop is moving along as it should so deffo no blockages there.:/
Hi all,
Noticed about 5 days ago one of my hens was not as active and chatty as normal. So took her to the vet she thought maybe a blockage, she checked her over no smell from mouth area. So she gave baytril and said just to keep an eye on her. Well after 4 days of it she is still no better...
I have a friend round who is excellent with chooks... she said that my pet Barnvelder has a prolaspe as her back end is all swishy and quite large...and she said instantly shes not laying is she? I said no, but there is nothin coming from her vent... all i can fins aboit prolapses is when it...
Another 2 have died tonight.... We have brough the rest in the warm. There poo is perfect. They were hatched from eggs that we brought,..... I aint buying anymore eggs again
This morning i went out to 2 dead chicks and 1 dyingg right in front of me... Everyone else seemed fine... Although now there are more that are lethargic... they have liquid in coming from their mouths, and there is a small amount of blood on the coop floor..... but no blood around any of their...
We want to upgrade to a large bator but dont know which one to pick any ideas? We are looking for one that will turn each tray on there own so we dont have to load up in one go?
Thanks in advance
Sarah
One of my Barnvelder girls is walking around croaking with her mouth open. Her crop was still full even after being shut in all night without food. What can i do to help her?
Thanks in advance
Sarah
I have had to bring my FF cockerel inside after the bad frost last night, he will not drink or eat. He seems very "tired" and almost seems to be panting. What can i do?
Thanks guys
What i couldnt understand i have almost a 100% hatch rate with our own eggs... The ones i have sent out they have had almost a 90% hatch rate There are a few feedbacks over the course of 4 months where people have complained about fertility
Well we had 37 Silver Spangled Hamburghs hatch out fine he put 42 in the bator, 3 died early on 1 was infertile and 1 died a couple of days before hatch but 37 made it and touch wood are ok... Not the ideal place for chicks in cages... lol but they happy. here they are
And these are the 7 i...
Right these are messages that have passed through myself and someone on ebay. They have several feedback regarding infertile eggs. please help.
"Extremely disappointed with the batch of eggs. I candled today and out of the 20 you sent 14 are infertile and one didnt have an air sack (which i...
Well 34 have hatched, I candled the rest there were a few that died early on and one died a couple of days ago, must have been coz of the move. The remaining 3 i candled and they looked stuck and they were very dry i am struggling to get the humidity up so have put in a wet sponge etc. I opened...
It is deffo blood, i know the difference... They have a nice clean house tonight so we will see what it is like tomorrow.
As for their behaviour nothing is different still all acting the same. Still laying too!
i didnt think it was coccidiosis as everything says that when it gets to the stage of blood in poo that the birds would be showing other symptoms but there not... all happy all eating