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  1. Keen

    Any ideas on what this is?

    Thanks for the response! It was so unusual I got a bit panic-y about it, you know, because it's always the worst possible thing in your head! I will keep an eye on it and see if it happens again, thank you!
  2. Keen

    Any ideas on what this is?

    Hi everyone! I'm not sure if this belongs here or in the diseases section, I have no clue what I'm looking at here! Went out to collect the eggs this morning, business as usual. 1 normal egg & 1 broken soft shell (we have a girl with consistent shell gland issues, otherwise healthy just cant...
  3. Keen

    Preventing laying?

    That is fantastic! Thank you so much! Gives me real hope for her :) I will try to up the calcium again, and I think give her one more try. I don't want to go down a medical road if I don't have to. Twice is unlucky... 3 times I think will be too much of a pattern to ignore. Do you agree or is...
  4. Keen

    Preventing laying?

    Thank you both! The reduced lighting isn't really an option, they all love their free ranging and I don't think I have the heart to take it away from them! I thought I had seen mention of both the surgery and the shot before (maybe in an EYP thread?). Do you know of any side effects? I have...
  5. Keen

    Preventing laying?

    Hello everyone! I have a hen who has been eggbound twice in the last two months, and had difficulty passing them on a number of occasions within that time as well. The first time a nice bath before bed did the trick, but this morning she had one break inside her, and I had to do the horrible...
  6. Keen

    UPDATE!! Double egg!! - Unidentified poop and lethargic hen

    Well, I woke up this morning and let 3 happy girls out, yay! But now the same hen is back on the nest already! Should I be intervening to help her again? Laying 3 eggs within 8 hours must be such a strain on her?
  7. Keen

    UPDATE!! Double egg!! - Unidentified poop and lethargic hen

    MIDNIGHT UPDATE! Partner and I were just about asleep when we heard a loud thump from the coop. Fearing the worst I ran out to find this! One of the biggest she's ever laid! The shell is very strange, have any of you seem this before? I immediately cracked it to check it out. The shell was...
  8. Keen

    UPDATE!! Double egg!! - Unidentified poop and lethargic hen

    Hello again everyone! I'm a bit worried about one of my girls, who late today seemed to lose all energy and become lethargic. She would perk up for food, but then just stand around not even preening when usually she is a very active bird. Once I saw that I started following her around until...
  9. Keen

    Chicken dandruff?

    Thank you both! I figured it would be normal, but we've had them for just over a year and I've never seen it before so it was worth asking at least :D
  10. Keen

    Chicken dandruff?

    Not sure I would call this an emergency but I'm still curious! Just came outside to all 3 hens just preening as normal on one of our patio chairs. When they left for the garden again I saw the chair was covered in almost clear flakes, and a couple of tube looking things. I have taken some...
  11. Keen

    Sleeping while wet

    H Haha hello local friend! Yes Queensland, out Ipswich way, so bracing for the next few hours waiting to see how it will go. Bathroom was my next port of call for them! Hope all goes well for you and your girls!
  12. Keen

    Sleeping while wet

    Thank you! I will sleep a little better. I thought they would be ok, since there's no draughts in there, but it's always nice to hear from someone else! As it is we are probably flooding soon, I'd hate to wake up to find them sick or worse!
  13. Keen

    Sleeping while wet

    Hello everyone! Having some bad wether at the moment, so of course while playing in the rain my 3 hens got very very wet. They have all gone to bed now (coop is totally dry) however not in their usual places and they are still soaked. Since they arent in their usual spots they obviously arent...
  14. Keen

    Sour crop

    Hello again! I'm having a problem with one of my hens at the moment, initially I thought it was sour crop. No funny smell, but less active than usual, and squishy crop. The only trouble is, her crop still empties each night, and never gets huge. Is there anything else that could display similar...
  15. Keen

    Possible scaly leg mites? Or bumble foot???

    Well I managed to take her to the vet, who I was told was 'familiar' with chickens. She has said it could be scaly leg mites, but it doesn't look quite right, and it may be bacterial? She has given me the number for a specialist to go see. I would have thought that bacterial would have shown...
  16. Keen

    Possible scaly leg mites? Or bumble foot???

    Hi again! Just wanted to bump this to see if anyone else has any ideas? I have started treating all 3 with a spray on oil and rubbing it in a little. I have also cleaned the coop thoroughly and dusted and sprayed coop, yard and girls with lice and mite treatments just to be sure. Should I use...
  17. Keen

    Possible scaly leg mites? Or bumble foot???

    Thanks for the help, I had read a bunch on here about treating it, but I wasn't sure if that's what it is because it doesnt look as bad as a lot of the pictures I have seen...
  18. Keen

    Fisher!!!

    Being in Aus, we don't have those. From the looks of it, it's similar to something we have called a quoll. Did it take them from the coop, or are they free ranging? When I was a kid we had one get into the coop and take 5 ducks (muscovy no less) in one night. Not bad for a little thing. It...
  19. Keen

    Hen Hemorrhoids?

    hen-orrhoid?? Seriously though, is it possible that it's a prolasped vent, or is it not that bad? If you can get her to stand still long enough, pics might help some of the cleverer members than myself?
  20. Keen

    Fairly new & needing help! Sneezing, gurgling & weird breathing

    I had something similar when I first got my girls and it ended up being 2 things. The first was a respiratory disease (like a cold for chickens, but much worse) and our local vet gave us some antibiotics for that. Our girls showed noticeable improvement within a matter of days. Not sure on the...
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