Hi I need some fairly urgent advice or reassurance about when it is a good time to euthanise as I’m second guessing my decision. Two months ago, my rescue hybrid chicken (I’m in the UK) got ascites, she had treatment via dueretics which helped and she went back to her old self, but three weeks...
Hi, I feel awful for seemingly only posting ill chicken posts but I can’t seem to get answers elsewhere!
I have a 4 year old rescue chicken. I am in the uK. She was treated for mites 2 months ago (ivermectin x3 and she’d fully cleaned x2). All clear now. However about a month ago she started...
Hi, I feel awful for seemingly only posting ill chicken posts but I can’t seem to get answers elsewhere!
I have a 4 year old rescue chicken. I am in the uK. She was treated for mites 2 months ago (ivermectin x3 and she’d fully cleaned x2). All clear now. However about a month ago she started to...
Hi my chicken has been recovering from mites. She had three doses of ivermectin last dose over a week ago. She’s been doing a funny yawning habit but only occasionally. All other chickens acting normal.This morning she came out of the coop fine- ate run around and dust bathed. I noticed in the...
Hi All,
One of my rescues started getting the common problem that many rescues do, EYP. Having lost most of my others this way I decided after her second round of getting it and surviving with antibiotics (tylan) to try an implant. I was expecting the side effects such as lethargy and loss of...
I have a rescue chicken that has on and off been ill with an impacted crop for the past 5 months. Most times we can cure it (massaging) and she goes back to full bouncy health. Recent bout has not been successful and she ended up having a crop cut into and impact moved. She recovered well from...
Hi everyone,
Joined after following threads on here for ages and realising I really needed to join too! Have had my rescue girls for 18 months, oh my goodness, so much joy and heartbreak all at once! But chickens are just the best and I love them, even if I do spend half my life worrying about...