First off, I have had a whole genetic line of chickens come from one original hen that two or more died from eggbinding. I am down to the last two girls (original hen and daughter) who are prone to it. So about 5 days ago I noticed one (the daughter) has been looking eggbound - she is showing...
about a week or so ago one of my hens had a swollen and shut eye. so I put some neosporin on it. now it seems better although she does close it from time to time. but the eye looks different now. at first when she opened it back up it was all black and then some days later the iris looks orange...
A couple days ago I noticed one of my hens not being as active as the others. She also has been in the egg sitting position more than usual even outside the nest. Today when I looked under her in the nest box I noticed she has burst abscess (I noticed this same abscess as a small lump earlier...
Hi I have given my hens wazine once a year for two years and they have been fine. I am confused because on here it often says wazine isn't for laying hens - why? is it bad for them or the eggs? We have always waited at least a week until we eat the eggs after dosing them. This year I decided to...
The membrane is still intact and the egg broke where the air cell is. There was not that much blood, I can see the chick is still alive inside. I used a shell from another egg to cover up where t was broken. What else should I do? Wrap a damp rag around it? I don't want to break the membrane...