Hi guys, few weeks back I took my hens to the vets for runny nose and sneezing issues and they were given tylan soluable.. I used it for 4 days ( it was prescribed for 3) and the runny nose stopped immediately and the sneezing was much much less..
However they're are constantly sneezing now -...
One hen sleeps on her roost and the other one stands in the corner and sleeps?!! On hay she doesn't sit down on the hay but stands there in the corner and each night I put her on the roost .. Then she stands on the roost and sleeps!!!!
Is this normal .. Sleeping and standing?
Thank you
Hi guys.. I've got two hens they were small and chunky when they first came.. They were eating their pellets and then I started giving them a lot of left overs from the kitchen.. (I'm a newbie - shoot me!)
I noticed 3 weeks back they had worms and a lot of weight loss :( I quickly treated them...
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I noticed a huge bulge on my girl.. Her crop has gone hugeee.. It was soo hard I fed her some olive oil mixed with water... She's constantly eating.. However, can she get an impacted crop from seeds stones and a lot of sunflower seeds?!!
I thought hens could only have an impacted crop...
I'm using flubenvet to worm my girls they've been dropping really smelly brown poop and the other day I noticed a few white cotton like strings in it... WORMS!! I panicked as every mum would when their girls are ill...
So this is my second day using flubenvet and I've noticed A LOT more worms...
Hiii guys,
I've recently noticed my girls losing weight - the last three days to be precise - it's so bad that I can pinch their breast bone :/ :(
I think it might be worms so I've ordered flubenvet.
My girls don't touch their pellets :( at all! So I've been feeding them boiled white rice...
Hi guys, I've noticed that my hens have started to lose weight .. Is this due to them laying? I'm constantly feeding them and feeling their crops which seem to be full a lot... And when I pick them up their breast bone (not sure if it is) but the bone that comes down the middle is sticking out a...
I'm a newbie when it comes to looking after hens and I've been trying to educate myself on these hens via youtube videos/forums/books etc.. So I watched this video where the hens were set free on grass and they seemed to love it!!
Seeing this I ran to my local park (I'm from the uk) and I got...
I started getting worried that my girls kept sleeping outside so I shut them in their coop for the night (last night) well I'd say around 4pm when it was sunset.. And I went down around 8.30 am the next day to let them out however I was quite upset to find my girls hadn't layed any
Is it cos I...
I started getting worried that my girls kept sleeping outside so I shut them in their coop for the night (last night) well I'd say around 4pm when it was sunset.. And I went down around 8.30 am the next day to let them out however I was quite upset to find my girls hadn't layed any :(
Is it...
Hi guys, my first thread and first time having hens :)
I've had my girls for about 4 weeks now and I've started to notice they sit outside their little house.. I've designated an area in my garden for them and they seem to just sit on the fence at night...
Their coop/house is plastic with lots...