Our chicken, Brigid, had a prolapsed vent yesterday. As soon as we heard the commotion, we ran out to get her as the other chickens were making her a bloody mess. This is this second time this has happened. However, her comb is pale. We are treating her back end but what does the paleness...
I have two laying hens that suffered from a blow out/prolapsed vent. The other chickens attacked their vents and left them a bloody mess. I separated them from teh rest. One of the hens developed thrush. I washed them both off, treated the vents with coconut oil mixed with lavendar, oregano...
I live in a wet climate where the ground is rarely dry, therefore I was looking for sand for my laying hens to take a dust bath in. I found a sand that goes on the bottom of cages for pet birds. It containes Calcium, Phosphorous and Magnesium. Instead of bathing in it my laying hens started...