Our first coop was one of those cheap flimsy kits:rolleyes: at Costco. The only reason our chickens survived was because my husband used the metal pipes pulled from our well during repair and made an totally enclosed 15x20 run, with 1 inch chicken wire.The only cost was the wire and that was...
yes, yesterday was a nice day so I put her out with the chickens and she walked around a bit, flapped her wings and ate some scratch with them. After about 20 minutes or so, she sat in the dirt and watched them the rest of the day. They don't bother her.
She does have a pronounced breast bone, and seems lighter than normal. Also, the curled up toes, come and go. Could it be worms or parasites? If so, advice for treatments very much appreciated🙂
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For future reference and possible diagnosis, what I've done so far, Friday, I gave her some yogurt with a drop of oregano oil mixed well, Saturday morning she slept at the bottom of the big coop where I placed her. The next morning, I went down there and she was still in the...
My 3 year old Buff Orpington, Sunshine, is having mobility issues. I gave been raising chickens for over 7 years and not encountered this issue before. As you can see by the pictures she is splayed out rather awkwardly. After I removed her from the coop she made it about 20 feet and then plop...
Thank you very much!:) I have been cleaning and applying Bag balm everyday. There is no smell and 'Fiesty' seems in excellent health despite the severity of the wound. The attached photos are of the flap that reuses to stay down. The thumb shaped flap is circled, the other with my finger holding...
But the flap us bent back and will not go back.
I did read #4 and am doing all according to instructions, but I tried to put the flap back and secure with a thick layer of bag balm, but it is bent like a crease in paper. what if its growing back that way? Without sewing it back into place it...
The Orpington passed last night after amoxicillin that afternoon. but believe it probably was internal injuries, broken bone or ribs or .... so probably for the best, because she still would not eat or drink on her own, nor could she stand and she leaned to one side.