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It is possible that Emma may have just taken some water down the wrong way. If it is only a small amount she should be able to get it out again via the chicken equivalent of 'coughing' / sneezing. It is unlikely that she would have taken in much if she was drinking by herself, rather than being...

Mine ate the foam leg covers off our trampoline a couple of weeks ago, and they were all fine! Hopefully yours will be the same.

I hope all goes well for your friend!

Hi fellow Aussies! I am in Brisbane, Queensland, and it's great to see so many people from my side of the world on here .

Hi sussuxpenthouse. I am so sorry to hear about McGee! I do think heat may have played a role in Ruby's deat; although it was below 30c here on that day, we were in the middle of a week of generally hot days. Since Ruby passed on Saturday there have not been any more shell less eggs in the...

Thankyou everyone The other girls all seem well this morning, happy and active, poops normal. I will continue watching them very closely, and I have dosed them all up with acv, greek yoghurt, garlic granules and colloidal silver. I have to admit to going out to check on them with a...

Thankyou nurse_turtle. I did consider it, but she is my daughters favourite chicken, and it didn't seem right somehow..... I also would not have known what I was looking for, having managed to dodge the disection part of biology. Asked my local vet, but they wanted way to much to do it

Any advice please????

Hi Very sad as our gorgeous Buff Sussex girl Ruby died today Ruby was around 6 months old and appered in perfect health before we found her dead in the nest box today. Given that she is young, and appeared to be symptom free I am scared for the health of my other chickens! I have four...

Hi JakRat, I know EXACTLY what you mean about MEAN! I have one hen who is just plain nasty. We have tried everything with her, she has heaps of food, space,entertainment, and lots of grass to range on, but she will always seek out one of the other chickens and 'bully' it into moving or giving...

UPDATE - UPDATE - UPDATE!!! RUBY is a GIRL - she has started squatting, and we have received 3 tiny brown eggs. The jury is still out on GEORGIE.......

Thankyou for your replies! I guess I will spend tomorrow scooping blue poops off the lawn.......makes a change from the half a dozen other colours I usually find

I arrived home today to find that despite a few hundred square metres of grass, a full feed container, and a plate full of kitchen scraps my silly girls had decided to eat FOAM off the legs of our trampoline. The foam is similar in texture to a 'pool noodle', and they have pecked off numerous...

If you can put her in another cage (with no nest box or soft bedding) for a few days that might help, although I have found that some girls have more will power than others.... I would NOT give her a cold bath if you are experiencing cold weather - just sounds cruel to me Some hens refuse to...

Quote: LOL! well I guess time will tell, she is a little tricky. I think Ruby is a roo also. The reason why there appears to be no saddle feathers is because they have obviously been plucked out. That's true, she has fallen victim to the Australorp that hates her and has been feather...

Quote: Does that mean one of them will lay fertile eggs???

Quote: If you were in my part of the world you would be welcome to her MamaManda! She is MEAN!!! We are not allowed roosters, but I don't think I can get away with a crowing hen either as we also have NOISE regulations.....and very cranky neighbours

Thankyou, I am really hoping they ARE hens They are very tame, and like little family members now, and we are not allowed to have roosters here....... If the Australorp is the one crowing it is another black mark against her as she is also mean, picks and eats the other girls' feathers, and...

Hi I have two lovely buff sussex who are now about 21 weeks old. They are both supposed to be pullets, but SOMEONE in my coop is cockadoodledooing some mornings, and as everyone else lays eggs the sussex are my suspects! I do have one really dominant Australorp hen, who might be crowing just...

Quote: Ding! Ding! Ding! Winning reply here! Just because your birds appear healthy on the outside it does not necessarily mean that they are healthy on the inside......... About 50% of hens develop ovarian cancer! Soy has both positive and NEGATIVE health effects in humans, and is...