My seven year old Buff Orpington hen's comb tips are looking purple-ish. Cant be frost bite, its been warm, actually hot the last couple days. Checked her for crawlies on her vent this afternoon and saw nothing. She's healthy otherwise, eating very well, poops fine, lays eggs and sometimes...
How long can my hen live without food or water? Her choice. Not mine. She can't walk and is refusing water and food. I could force water in her but wouldn't that just prolong her death? Thought I would let 'nature take its course' but how many days can she live without water?
Almost 7 year old hen started out a couple weeks ago stepping more carefully, progressing to lifting her legs up high and carefully setting them down to stumbling a little, then trouble jumping up on roost a few day ago to trouble keeping her balance, now barely able to stand. She has also lost...
Almost 7 year old laying hen walking slowly and stepping carefully and can't jump up very well. No sores on feet seen. Feet not scaly. What could it be? He coop mate is perfectly fine. Anything I can try to do for her?
Hi. My almost 7 year old best layer hen has been sitting/standing with her head pulled in and kind of goose stepping a little. Her tail is way up high and her comb color is reddish. She's not eating as much as she used to and didn't come out of the coop in the morning for a couple hours. She...
Our finch feeder is above the chicken's area and the chickens are nearly always underneath it eating the Nyjer seed.. Is this okay for them to eat a lot of?
Does a very dark red comb in a 7 year old BO hen mean health problem? Her comb has been bright red like the younger girls until this spring, now dark. Sometimes get to be a brighter red. Anyone know what this could mean? I'm afraid she's starting to go down slow. :(
My 6 year old Buff Orpington (Liza Jane) was dead in the coop Sunday morning. She had been fine except for about a week would fall over a couple times a day and not be able to get up for about 30 seconds to a minute. Was eating fine, comb was red. We thought it was maybe an injury to her leg...