This is Sally Monella, my rescue chicken. When I first got her she was super skinny, missing most of her feathers and covered in open sores. I have used lots of great info from this site to nurse her back to health. The sad thing is the more feathers that come in the worse she looks, but I can...
It can be normal for her to give up the food to the little ones but the weight loss after the babies have "weaned" should be monitored. I agree with chicmom that you should check for some other problem like parasites. Maybe try separating her and treating her to some special food. Mealworms are...
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I know this may seem like an odd question but can chickens handle wild temp swings? I know last winter when it was very cold here in FL (yes it can get cold in FL), my pot belly pig got very sick from spending the night in the toasty house and then playing outside in the cold during the...
Thank you all so much. I already to love it here. I enjoy taking in rescue animals, they seem to appreciate it more. I went to a rescue to look at a young horse and the rescue owner just happened to have some chickens she just got in. If I could have taken them all I would have, but I decided to...
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I also live in central Fla and I have seen something similar on several of my friends chickens. I believe it is bot flies. They lay eggs on the chickens legs, head and combs and when the eggs hatch there is a little larve that lives in the skin. It can't kill the chicken unless the wounds...
I am only cautious because of coccidia, the chicken spends the nights in my house (due to misquitos and having bald spots), and my husband breeds reptiles and they are very succeptible to coccidia. She cannot be completly sterilized while out doors, she plays in the dirt like a normal chicken...
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I recently took in a little frizzle bantam that was pecked almost completly featherless by the other chickens she was in with. I haven't let her around my other chickens so no worries there but despite the fact she is eating like crazy and almost all the feathers have grown back, she...
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I am so sorry for your loss. Chickenscratchin is correct, gatoraid or pedialyte can get valuable electrolytes into their systems, I sometimes mix a bit of sugar into the mix to get them interested and give them a little extra energy. Electrolytes are especially importand if they have had...
I have been an avid chicken lover for most of my life. I have always had chickens on my property and other than a case of worms have never had any problems. Recently I took in a rescue chicken (frizzle) that needed some serious TLC. THis started me on this site to find out the best info I can...