Hi, i have 7 year old Silkie chicken, 3 weeks ago he had maggots around his vent, i washed and cleaned him off and he has been fine until 2days ago there was poo which was all blood, sometimes he does just a tiny watery poo and sometimes completely normal then a blood one again. He's definately...
I have 5 year old Brahma with a tennis ball size crop. She has suffered with crop problems on and off alot but this time i can't seem to clear it.
The crop hangs quite low so i would say she has got pendulous crop and possibly slow crop.
Shes quiter than normal but still wants food and water and...
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I have a 5 year old silkie rooster he's been acting not quite himself for about a week, i searched him for mites but can't seem to see anything. We've had mites in the past that affected the chickens in the same way so i have been treating him with dust and xeno450 spot on. (The...
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My chicken has been brought up living with a rabbit but my rabbit has recenlty died so im going to crochet him a teddy bear to snuggle up to. Any one got any suggestions of where i can find nice teddy bear pattern approximately 10 inches tall. Thank you.
I have a silkie cockeral with mites i have treated him with 'poultry lice and mite powder' and that has reduced the amount of mites but i am struggling to completely clear the mites, they are mainly on the top of his head so he his shaking his head alot. Also The rabbit that he lives with has...
I have a silkie chicken and he has got what looks like a feather irritating his eye. I tried bathing it yesterday to move the feather but it seems to be irritating him more today. Can anyone suggest a better way to try and clean the eye. Thank you.
Hi, I have a lemon Brahma and about a month ago her crop got very big and it started to irritate her and she started moving her neck like she was trying to sick it back up. so i did some research and gave her water with Epsom salts in and apple cider vinegar i also took her off any dirt and...
My lemon brahma has had a large crop for quite a while now but yesterday she was very quiet and today shes moving her neck like shes got something stuck and keeps standing alone all puffed up. I dont really want to hold her upside down to make her sick incase she dies, so ive been reading about...
Hi, i have a 3 year old lemon brahma cockeral, one of his feet often bleeds, it quickly stops and drys up but it hurts him when he puts weight on it. What can i treat it with to stop it getting infected and to help the pain.
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I have a 1 year old lemon brahma hen. About two months ago she started laying eggs only once a week but now shes stopped laying completely and her crop is swollen with no feathers on. it feels like liquid. she drinks water and eats food although she has lost weight. Her muck was just a watery...
Three days ago a ewe give birth to lamb. the lamb came out with one leg backwards. when the lamb started to walk the leg kept giving in on the knee joint. then a day later she was walking around on her knees. i guess the other leg has took all the pressure and is hurting too. weve been told to...
I have a 10 month old silkie and his eye has white froth coming from it. not loads of it but abit then when he shakes his head it comes off. he seems fine in himself crowing and eating and drinking. any ideas please,
I have one female and one male Brahma both 10 months old. The male Brahma has a fully developed crown whereas the female as no crown at all. why is this? i know its winter so she wont be laying much if at all but surely her crown should be growing/developing anyway. or is this normal for their...
I have 2 silkie cockerals and 1 brahma cockeral. They start crowing at 5 in the morning even though its winter and still pitch black at that time. The two silkies arnt too bad as their crow isnt that loud but the brahma is loud and waking family up. is their any way of stopping him crowing at 5...
i have a 6 month old silkie cockerel and he is living in with the rabbit. I put two bowls in the pen one with rabbit food and one with chicken food but the cockerel will only eat the rabbit food. if this safe? and how do know if my cockerel is drinking enough? below is a picture of the rabbit food.
i have a 2 nearly 3 month old female brahma and when i went out this morning her crop was hard and she was acting normal with normal amount of energy but had a string piece of reddy/orange colour stuff coming from her bum. any ideas what it could be? i have pictures but there not very good.
I have Lemon Baranah Chicken that is just standing around and not moving with the others. its breathing is abit heavier than the others and a clear liquid comes from its mouth. its drinking but not eating lots. and its poo is a runny white colour and sometimes has hard pieces in too. anyone any...
i have a five 4 month old chickens. when i came to let them out this morning i discovered a yellow watery coloured poo.
since letting them out of their night coop ive noticed one of the male chickens is just standing around with fluffed up feathers with no energy and just keeps closing its...