Hi my chicken loving friends! My sweet Hazel (3 y/o barred rock) doesn’t seem to be doing so well. We don’t have a chicken vet around here so I’m hoping for some insight. She isn’t really eating much, isn’t standing up fully and has been sleeping on the floor because she doesn’t have the...
My sapphire gem developed a prolapse on Sunday. She lays gigantic eggs and we think that’s what caused it. Once we found it we started soaking her in medicated soap and then epsom salt to soften and clean it. She had lots of poop stuck in it which we cleaned out. We applied prep h and pushed it...
Can someone tell me why you use a wire bottom cage to break a broody hen? I’ve heard it to keep her from getting comfortable and I’ve heard it’s to keep her cool. She just started today but she’s an egg stealing, shrieking nightmare of a bantam right now. I have a small pet cage but unless I...