Hello,
I have a Marans hen who turned 10 in March this year. Yesterday my mum noticed she hadn't come out of the coop, she said she picked her up and green fluid came out of her mouth. I assumed she pressed on her crop slightly. I brought her inside and gave her a hot water bottle, I read that...
I realised I had a red mite problem last night but It was dark already so I just sprinkled some (food grade) diatomaceous earth in with them whilst they were in the coop, (admittedly it was quite a lot). I've come home from work and found that one of my hens is very poorly, collapsed and...