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Foamy yellow poop makes me think worms. If you have wet soil it will favour worms as well as coccidia. Usually you can treat for both without issue.

Yes that’s a better way of saying it, thank you. I’ll make the change. I’m glad the article was of some help and I hope your lady has recovered well :hugs

Yes and no. I wasn’t sure how to write it because both are egg-binding but different types of egg-binding depending on where the egg is stuck.

If she is still raising the chick then she won’t be laying and you don’t need to worry. I wrote an article about reproductive health in chickens and it includes how to do a health check for reproductive issues and also what to look out for/warning signs. You can read it if you want and...

Chickens who are egg bound with an egg stuck at the vent cannot poop. This is an emergency and will cause death within 48 hours if the hen cannot pass the egg. You will be able to feel it with a finger or see it at the vent opening. Chickens who are egg bound higher up the reproductive tract...

I wrote an article about reproductive health in chickens if you want to read it, it might give you more of a sense of what you’re dealing with. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/reproductive-health-in-chickens.79238/ You can give the calcium supplementation for a long time, several...

That poop could mean several things. The pellet shaped poop with that green colour can indicate heavy metal toxicity or other problems with the liver. She may also have a reproductive infection. Do you have a digital thermometer? You can lube one up and insert it gently into her vent to...

Thank you so much!

I actually recently wrote two articles which are my first and only articles. I will submit them but I have a question — are my header pictures enough to satisfy the “relevant picture” requirement or do I need to add some more within the articles themselves? Reproductive Health in Chickens...

Self-made and human-made

I think there is argument for treating a whole flock versus just individual birds for tapeworm. I’ll go into my reasoning because I’m passionate about pest/parasite control and I believe the more understanding about the complexities of these issues can help people make the best choices for them...

There is an argument to treat the whole flock to manage the general population of tapeworm in the environment. Certainly I played whack-a-mole with tapeworm in my flock before changing tactic to worm everyone on a schedule. Only recently has the tapeworm popped up again a month before I was due...

Gorgeous ladies. I’m sorry for your losses. Honestly though I think you did everything you could and more than most. 11 years old is excellent for a hen, probably at the top end of their natural lifespan in a domestic setting. Please don’t beat yourself up. I’m sure she had a great life and...

This is such a beautiful photo

Fluffy beach butt. My hen Whitetail had to go to the vet (which is over an hour away from where I live) to get a new contraceptive implant. They had to order the right size so we had a couple of hours to kill… so we went to the park and the beach. I got fish and chips for lunch and Whitetail...

I can’t comment on the copper treatment as I’ve only ever used human thrush medicine to treat chicken crops. I’ve only had one case of sour crop which the clotrimazole cream/pessaries resolved. I did have a different hen with chronic doughy slow crop. She eventually passed away and the vet...

The salpingectomy does not necessarily do the same thing as the implant. The implant uses hormones to temporarily suppress ovulation and therefore egg production. The surgery removes the oviduct/salpinx but often they leave the ovary due to risk of haemorrhage because of its position near blood...

I would have questions for that surgeon. They may have just removed the stuck eggs/egg material and left her reproductive tract intact, especially if she was not too badly inflamed/damaged in there. Surgery to remove the oviduct would prevent any eggs from being able to be laid. However the...

Make sure she has access to fresh medium sized sharp grit. If you’ve got a perpetual grit tray out there, they will eat all the good stuff first. If they aren’t getting the proper size & sharpness it can cause issues. You can give her some coconut oil and a little massage in the mornings &...

Oh yes of course we all do things differently and I am by no means saying everyone must do what I do. I was hoping to show some practical knowledge on how one can identify issues early through observation and strategic action. I hear you when you say if your chooks are eating, laying, active...