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Great thank you!

Hey all, So her crop has gone down a ton. There's just a golfball sized doughy lump in there that she doesn't seem to be opposed to me massaging gently. This seems like a nice thing to do but not sure if advised. We're only feeding her yogurt, oil, and egg so I'm guessing the doughy ball in...

Hi yes we started her on miconazole today. thank you i appreciate it. 1cc 3/day

Hi thank you for your responses. Yes, we are sure it is sour crop not impacted. And vomiting her is not something I want to be doing. I vomited her only when she was so full that I felt the risk of undigested food leaking into her airway outweighed the risk of aspiration from vomiting her if...

Hi all, we have been trying to take care of our chickee with a slow crop for about 6 days and now things are seeming to progress in a bad direction. Today when we picked her up she began gasping for air. Any thoughts??? I first noticed her lethargic, picked her up, and noticed how full she...

Yes! Think vaccines... When you get vaccinated for a pathogen such as the flu or hepatitis, you are essentially getting a tiny and altered version of the flu or hep into your body so that your body can recognize it and become resistant to it. That is essentially what is happening with...

So hopefully the docile Roo won't over-harass our 3 hens...

Great info Dallas, thanks so much.

Yeah, we will definitely do this. It's just the initial quarantine that is a big investment for something that might not work out later... But we are probably going to give it a shot. Thanks for responding Highstreet!

I know it's not the ideal ratio but we are considering rescuing a roo and adding him to our little flock (2 BR and 1 RIR). Normally I'd worry about him harassing the girls but he is Seriously docile and if anything, it'll be the other way around (which would also be an issue). Although he is...

OK that's a relief, thanks for the replies! Haha, I'd rather her be ugly than sick! I did my best at a visual inspection for mites/lice and didn't find anything. She does seem to be pecking at herself a little bit though, causing some feathers to come out. Normal behavior when molding? Should...

Is she molting...? We're worried. We thought they were molting a few months ago but it didn't look nearly close to this. She is missing feathers mainly around her vent area and breast but also small patches around her legs and sides... Thank you!! cf

Are there any breeds of chickens that do not require supplementary feeding and will meet their nutritional needs solely by free rangin? I'm specifically curious bout laying hens... cf

My girls love seaweed. I bring a bunch back for them as a treat whenever I go to the beach. I just throw it in our compost pile and let them pick at it as they please. Bring back some coral weed for them (Coralina officianalis). It has a calcium carbonate skeleton. Being that it's just a...

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That's definitely an interesting observation! I'm still wondering if any science nerds care to comment on the potential existence/transmission of transmissable chickeniform encephalopathies.

Ok so the economic motivations for feeding chickens their own eggshells are obvious, and the girls certainly seem to enjoy them... My question is whether anyone has ever read or heard of research done on the long-term safety of chickens eating their own eggshells. For example, the lethal mad...

great, thanks for all the help!!!

Hello, we have four happy young hens who recently started laying (within the last few weeks). We believe that it's important for their health, happiness and sanity to be able to free range so they spend most of the day doing just that. Our concern is that because we need to keep the run/coup...

Thanks everyone I really appreciate your responses. I'll let you know how it goes...