I have a rooster, Lil Roo, that has something wrong with his beak. It looks to me like maybe a fungus is eating his beak away, and it's growing like a mass inside his "mouth". He is the only one and we also have Big Roo and he's fine. Big Roo seems to take care of Lil Roo, they cuddle up adn...
I had a very sick hen and everyone helped so much in ways to help, my vet and feed store thought I would have to have Blondie put down but wanted to give it the good hard effort. Blondie was very weak and I thought she was dying but after dusting her and worming her she is doing much much...
Thanks, I will try to get some of that together. I gave her more egg and she ate that tonight and now she is sleeping so I'll let her sleep and get her some vitamins in the morning.
I will try that on her leg, tonight when I was helping her get resituated for bed she tried to stand up by...
I live in North Texas, just south of the DFW area.
I do believe it's the bugs that has her down. She seems much stronger and she is eating great. All our chickens like lettuce so I gave her a little of that and I scrambled an egg for her and she gulped down the egg in record time. LOL.
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OK, since I powdered her I've "dumped" her paper twice and there were bugs dead on it and a lot of them. She is very thin when you pick her up but her feathers are so fluffy she doesn't look that thin.
She has not laid in 3 days for sure but doesn't seem to fell eggbound, not that I would know...
1) What type of bird , age and weight.
Ok, I have a hen that is about 1 year old. She is a buff color but I do not know her breed. She weighs maybe 3lbs.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
She is just laying around with one leg just straight out. Seems very weak and she is very thin, no fat.
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