LOL! I've spent way too much time reading this thread. Some of these are so funny. Lucky for me I haven't had any ridiculous questions. I have come across a few people who love our chicken eggs or chicken eggs in general but refuse to even try a duck egg because they "come out of a duck's butt."...
Oh... I'm really sorry to hear that. What have you all tried feeding her? Or won't she eat anything? When one of our hens had sour crop really bad we fed her a mixture of yogurt (with live cultures), scrambled eggs and olive oil.
I wish I could help but I used the stuff in the tube. I wonder if you could crush it up and put it in some eggs or yogurt, or whatever you're feeding her right now. That's what I did with the cream.
There's a total of 6 hatchmates and the other 4 are fine. Would they all have it? And how would I go about finding out if that's what the other two have? Is a vet my only option?
Oh no! That's terrible! :( I really have no idea and hope someone can help you soon. Are there any plants nearby that they could be eating that could be poisonous to birds? I know there's quite a few out there that you wouldn't expect to be a problem. Are there any symptoms at all?
http://www.fresh-eggs-daily.blogspot.com/2012/07/hot-weather-acidosis-and-homemade.html
http://www.fresh-eggs-daily.blogspot.com/2012/06/frozen-ice-pops-mint-helps-beat-heat.html
Here are two links I believe to be pretty helpful. Ours seemed to be more than happy to just have a few wading...
I have the same problem with one of my hens. She's only 5 months old. Number 1 and 2 sound exactly like hers. No bald spots and she hasn't laid any eggs yet. One of her hatchmates is also blind out of just one eye. So I'm wondering if in my case it was genetic?
We live in Michigan near Standish and my husband works a lot in Bay City/Auburn/Essexville and Saginaw.
We are looking for good homes for two Black Copper Maran Roosters (French Style). They were born March 11, 2012. We just have too many roosters right now to keep them all. We're asking for...
We use the BRAGG Organic (raw and unfiltered) ACV with the "mother" in it. We found a 16 oz glass jar at Kroger for $4 and some change. But Walmart carries it now in a much bigger jar and it's only $3 and some change. I've read to put one tablespoon per gallon. It's good for quite a few things...
It was gradual. One of her hatch mates are blind out of their left eye. I searched a lot online and just about everything said that they would be scratching their eyes, and that their eyes would be runny and swollen and so far none of those are the case. I'll have to search other causes and...
It appears one of our girls are blind. Both of her eyes have the cataracts look and she acts like she can barely see. I was just wondering, has anyone else had this problem and if so, do you have any pointers/suggestions?
I wanted to share this with everyone. One of our Black Copper Maran chicks had a bad case of sour crop. I'm pretty sure we tried every thing we found, minus cutting her open, and nothing worked. Massaging her crop and making her regurgitate was the only thing that helped a little bit. Even...
Well, I may have jumped the gun on our chicken. (I'm hoping.) This morning when I first went outside, one of our Pekins was just laying there. I brought her inside and she will only stand on one leg. So her and my chicken are currently resting in the bathroom. Our Pekin started quacking a little...
There's something wrong with one of my Buff Orpington hens. I went outside to feed them scratch and all of the birds, except for one, started eating it right away. The one who didn't was just laying outside. I first thought she was laying on an egg so I picked her up (she didn't fuss at all and...
How's your chicken doing? I'm having about the same problem with one of mine. She can't stand, her eyes seem dilated, she's breathing hard, but mine won't eat or drink and I have no idea what's wrong! I hope yours is doing better.
Thanks for this post... definitely didn't need it at all... Jerk.
I was just talking/trying to bribe my husband into getting some more babies today. What's one extra month? Lol.
But we're going to wait... *sighs*
Thank you for the responses. We ended up keeping her in our bathroom for a couple of days. Then moved her to the hallway near our garage. We also brought our other two ducks in to make sure there wasn't any problems and because our hallway is cooler, we didn't want to move her from a 60 degree...