I have a hen that has been having some issues that I can’t work out. A few days ago, I had wormed under the advice of other keepers just to be safe. All that was available near me was pour on ivermectin so I used that and her poop seems to look alright but she’s still holding her tail down and...
Here is the link to my first thread on the 19th if you’d like to see all that was discussed previously: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/ambiguous-condition-vent-gleet-worms-possibly-a-combination.1468889/#post-24471039
As far as updates, I have given wormer this week and have also...
One of my hens has had something going on, but I'm not sure what. I noticed one day that she had some butt cement going on, so my first thought was vent gleet. She has been acting well enough and bright, eating and drinking.
I brought her in, cleaned her up, and started offering some yogurt...
I have two adult hens of 6 years, a gold laced Wyandotte (Goldie) and a Light Brahma (chickitty). Chickitty is the queen diva and always has been at the top of the pecking order (she's huge). Out of all my hens, chickitty has always moulted earlier than the rest (sometime June -august).
The...
Chicks are 15 days old today, holy they are getting big so fast! I only have two of my old girls left, I have to get a few pics of them to share as well!
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I have spent quite a lot of time here (since I first started looking into getting chickens before I started out), but never actually joined until today. I have had chickens for six years now. I have two six year old hens, one is a Light Brahma and the other is a Gold Laced...