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I want to thank Ohio for posting this and all who posted replies. This posting was a lifesaver! Hopefully my story will help someone else in a similar situation. A fox killed a couple of our hens and injured my Buckeye roo back on the 4th. He came running out of the woods with his neck and head...

So sorry to hear about your chickens. I would say fox. In my past experience, fox have only taken one at a time. But here on the 4th - a fox killed two and was in the process of killing the roo when a truck stopped and honked at the fox. The roo managed to escape with a neck injury (since...

Distinct, I got a similar reaction to my hen with diarrhea - I just wanted a fecal exam and the antibiotics to fix it without the actual exam. The third vet I contacted that treats birds finally explained to me that by law they HAVE to examine the animal in order to prescribe antibiotics. I'm...

Thanks so much Pan! That chart was a great resource! The Lake Elmo vet is very close by and I had no idea they served birds. I brought my hen in today and unfortunately, she's got a large mass (likely cancer) in her belly, which is causing the diarrhea and other symptoms and is basically...

Thanks so much PanSophia and Michele! I appreciate the help. It's frustrating finding a good avian vet. My regular vets for the dogs/cats/horses gave me a definitive NO on chickens...darned it! It's good to know I can possibly talk a closer vet into doing a fecal for me, but I may be hiking...

Hi all - I've got a hen who's had watery poop for the past couple of months and none of the standards (ACV, yoghurt, etc.) has helped. I need to get a fecal done on her. Everyone else is pooping normal, just this one RIR. My vet no longer does avian and I think someone mentioned in a much...

Hi Moonpye, I'm so sorry to hear about your pheasant babies. Having raised them for several years from day-old chicks and I agree they are not easy. We also do not use pine shavings at all. For the simple reason that pheasant chicks aren't terribly bright. Just think of them like one year old...