I'd like to thank the posters on this forum for the advice posted here, which I turned to recently dealing with an impacted/sour crop, which I was able to diagnose/cure(fingers crossed).
Hen had been behaving withdrawn for a little while - not racing out to feed in the morning, but otherwise...
This is the second hen this season who has prolapsed. The first one didn't survive, so I'm hoping to have better luck this time.
I'm pretty sure I caught her early enough yesterday, she was not at all distressed (wings up, still perky) at the time. She was isolated into the laundry tub.
Upon...
(not for the sqeamish)
My poor old grey chicken (I estimate she was about ten years old) just died as a result of a major worm infestation which showed up out of nowhere. I have been battling the threat of mites, which wiped out half of a neighbor's flock, so had examined this girl only a...
I'm hoping someone can come up with a treatment for my little hen.
She is a runt who had a chronic ear infection a couple of years ago which I managed to get rid of.
Her latest ailment has to do with the feathers on the back of her neck. It started with a few ingrown feathers that were...