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After what we experienced, I would separate the hen and the eggs immediately! Daisy ended up killing 3 that way, and I ended up with 2 ONLY because I rescued them from her! I set up a brooder box with a heat lamp and set the temperature to 96-100 degrees. The girls hatched out just fine! I...

Upon closer inspection, I DO see a couple of places that look like she has some puncture wounds (no oozing blood though). I poured warm coconut oil on her, and wrapped her in an old t-shirt. She's in the house now, and I have a red heat lamp as well as a heater blowing on her. I'm just more...

What a sight this morning! My new dog likes to pull the chickens back into the coop by pulling them by their wing. This morning however, one of the girls gave a fight, and playtime was ON! The dog COMPLETELY deafeathered my girl from her tail to her neck, exposing a good 3 inches on either...

You got a really good shot - that's helpful. So it appears to be dry pox. You are doing a great thing with the colloidal silver - keep doing that! And yes, if she's getting pecked at, then isolate her. Keep on with salves, and the special treats you mentioned just to make her more...

Pam - Try one of the things I mentioned. They can even feel bad from it and get lethargic, perhaps not even lay until they feel better. And I know it can look really bad ~ it can even cause permanent scarring (just like on humans). However, dry pox can generally be managed. It's wet pox...

Here's how the saga played out since my post, and the hole-pecking murder incident... Within hours after the pecking, Daisy fluffed up and stomped on one of the two remaining eggs - just enough to crush the shell, but not destroy the membrane. My daughter scooped up the two eggs and sat...

Pam's chicks ~ Photo is definitely fowl pox. I've used several "remedies", but truly it just runs its course. Just to keep it from scabbing too much, you can use a number of things - rooster booster (has aloe vera and tea tree oil in it), Vetericyn (I know it's an ophthalmic gel, but local...

As the mosquito season is literally "on" us, I think it's fine to spray them quite often. I'm sure a mosquito net would help, but those critters are out during the day as well, so to keep it entirely managed, might be a bit difficult. One of my little girls (18 weeks old) just broke out...

My broody Buff, "Daisy" has been sitting in her nesting box since the 1st of May. Despite DAILY, REPEATED efforts of all sorts, I finally decided to let her have some fertilized eggs. July 6, I put 5 under her. About 10 days in, one of the eggs was cracked on the floor. Yesterday, my...

I realized that I wrote on this thread a year ago when my chickens came down with dry pox. Actually, I think a couple of them had wet pox. We live in the Houston area and have lots of creeks and trees around us, so do we EVER have mosquitoes!!!! Here's what I've done: I put a fan in the...

My 1 y/o SLW had this cottage cheese/yogurt stuff coming out of her vent this morning. She also had what appears to be a prolapse because a big red "ball" was also protruding out. After a warm epsom salt bath for 30 minutes, I applied hemorrhoid cream and neosporin to the site. I also...

Okay, I'm getting the general idea that a rooster might settle things down. Thank you Happy Camper for the exact "low-down" on what you did. RahaelS - I do have the option of another pen, but in the long run, that just seems like a lot of maintenance in order to just trying to keep peace...

Well, I don't plan on making Cricket stew. Hadn't thought of a rooster. Hmmmm.... I still question, why she picks on just ONE - and no one else. Any ideas? Or is this perhaps a sign of things to come with the others - is that what I'm "reading between the lines" with those who mentioned to...

I thought I could do this on my own, but I now need help! A couple of weeks ago, "out of the blue", one of my barred rocks decided to "target" one of my americanas. I have 14 hens, no rooster, they are all layers and about 6 months old. They have a large run, and 5 nesting boxes to share. I...

FamilyOMiller - from all I've been reading, that certainly doesn't sound like pox. I pray that you find an answer quickly! I also wonder about eating the eggs though from a definitive case of pox. The manufacturer of the vaccine says to not innoculate during egg production. Are they just...

I have some very sad news about our BR- "Clara". No, it wasn't a predator. No, she didn't escape. I went out early today to rake some pine needles out of the run. I had one of those recycled rubber tire "dishes" (about 12" in diameter, and 2" tall). We used it to put water in so the...

Yes, I brought 2 of the birds home, and gave 3 to a neighbor. Each of us has the new birds quarantined away from our other flock. We are taking precautions to not handle birds without washing in-between flock care. They are happily laying eggs!

I feel so bad for Jescee77 and the flock! It almost looks painful! CMV - I know you don't innoculate. I don't get my kids' vaccines, and here I am thinking about doing this to my chickens! But I'm SOOO concerned because of the amount of mosquitos we have. I just read another thread with...

Okay, so I'm thinking I need to head to the feed store tomorrow to get the vaccine. HOWEVER, I just looked at the manufacturer of the vaccine, and they state to give the vaccine only to pullets up to 18 weeks of age, and to not innoculate during egg production. I also read to not eat the eggs...

I just found some abandoned chickens at the neighborhood park. Some of them had combs that showed definite signs of fowl pox. Due to recent flooding in our area, we are inundated with mosquitos!!! My birds are 23 weeks old and just started laying. This brings me to several questions: 1...