We love our hens, are vegetarians, I am a retired vet tech. We have had a small flock of egg layers for about 10 years. They live in the barn inside an insulated large size , rodent proof coop. We went into keeping hens hearing about chickens that live ten years or more. In the last decade we...
Is there a thread for this? I realize that many people keep chickens to eat or otherwise use. We keep our girls to enjoy and care for and eat whatever eggs they leave. Perhaps we shouldn't have hens. Maybe we are too "soft". We lost another hen yesterday. We lose one or two a year. None of our...
Our 3 yr old rir was sick a month ago. We brought her in and supported her. We tubed in Nystatin and flagyl on advice from U of Guelph. She seemed to recover. Last week she showed same symptoms and so we brought her in again. Diarrhea, not eating, bluish comb, fluid filled crop. I began the meds...
We have a 2yr old RIR. Three days ago we noticed hrr comb a little purple. When we took her out to examine her, her crop was over extended with fluid/water. As I was palpating, she vomited most of it out. There wss nothing in it but water. We brought her inside and have been massaging several...
A chick of about 5 weeks came into our animal shelter. I took her home because we have a flock. Their run and coop are inside our barn, then they free range during the day. Right now she spends her days in the quarentine pen with the two new pullets. The new girls are starting to lay.
My...
I'm 99% sure she's a hen but if anyone can confirm? We've had her three days, no eggs. Also no crowing. Thanks guys, always great to have help Also, RIR?.
We are in South-Central Ontario and are looking for Speckled Sussex or Partridge Chanteclers, will consider other purebreds? We pay generously for hens we want, females only, 6 weeks to 6 months.
Thanks we can drive some distance.
About 10 days ago our 1.5 yr old layer had an impacted crop. We are new to chicks so called our vet for advice. We began oil in scrambled eggs which she ate readily. We brought her indoors and under a heat lamp and massaged repeatedly. Our vet tried to make her vomit 3 x over 3 days but she has...