We had to dispatch one of our chickens due to her, not eating and being lethargic. Once dispatched we noticed her intestinal track was basically solid, her crop was filled with undigested food and liquid, and she was laying eggs internally into her body cavity it seems. There seemed to be spots...
Good morning all,
We're taking our flock in a new direction.
We were free ranging daily and now we've had to enclose them into their very large run/enclosure, due to a fox attack. I'm wanting to start sprouting some seeds for them, but I'm unsure of the best ones to sprout (alfalfa, clover...
We have given our hen Corid in her water, plus an oral dose day 1-3. Day 3 she seemed to be doing better. Today, day 4, she's not wanting to eat and only laying down. She's still drinking the water and is back to liquid poop. We're offering her feed, meal worms, scratch, sardines, yogurt &...
I’m new to using corid, please forgive my many newbie questions.
We started our hens on corid today.
1) are we able to still give probiotics to them?
2) are we able to give them plain yogurt?
3) are there any food items we should NOT or SHOULD be feeding them during this treatment?
4) the...
We've soaked our hen twice daily for 3 days and have seen no more larva or anything else. She is inside our house, in a kennel. What do we do next? How do we treat the wound now? Will the wound heal? Do we continue with the 2 x's daily soaks?
We've been following this article and it says to...
Our 2yr old hen had runny poop for a bit, never figured out why. Now she has flystrike. We were just now able to get to her due to me just having knee replacement surgery last Friday. I had cleaned her 2 days before my surgery and this was not an issue. My husband brought her in and washed her...
Hello everyone,
I'm in need of your wonderful knowledge & wisdom.
I have a 2yr old Sapphire Gem hen. She has stopped laying for a few months now. After her molt, she just never recovered. Now she has loose & pasty poo, sticking to her rear-end feathers. I'm at a loss as to what to do for her...
We researched elderberries and chicken's, everything I found said they're NOT toxic to chickens, so we planted 3 different types (one I don't know the type of) one is John's and the other is Adam's.
I was researching artichokes and came across this list...
I'm looking to make my own Flock Block. One of my dominate chickens keeps pecking at our handicap chicken, ONLY when they come in the coop for the night. Crazy chicken! I was researching that if I put something in the coop for them to "peck" at instead of each other, this would help. This is the...
Hello, I'm new to this group and happily so!!
We've had chickens since May '22. We "had" 2 sapphire Gems, 1 RIR & 1 Americana. Sadly a hawk got our Americana and a raspatory illness got 1 of our Gem's. We added 2 RIR in 2023 and we're back to 4 laying hens. We greatly enjoy our girls and their...