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  1. oceanbird

    I think I found an ovary on the floor of my coop

    Ok I have no idea what it really was but it was the shape of an egg a little smaller and it had a 3 inch string attached to it. There was no shell around it on the floor just this bright yellow blob. We decided to dissect it and it was kind of like fat except in the center there were pink...
  2. oceanbird

    Molting chicken died

    ALL of my 6 chicken are 2 this year and have been molting. Some of them lose all their feathers at once some loose their feathers gradually. One of them that lost all of it's feathers has been staying in the coup day and night and we put hay around it to keep it warm- it looked fine but then...
  3. oceanbird

    one chicken doesn't use the coop

    She is way too wild for that even at night- I have tried believe me.
  4. oceanbird

    one chicken doesn't use the coop

    I adopted a chicken from a friend about 4 months ago. All but one of her chickens were eaten by a fox so she felt bad for the last one and wanted it to be with other chickens. My 6 chickens are a year old and RIR the new one is a Golden Pencil Hamburg. I did all of the things suggested on...
  5. oceanbird

    dilating eyes and lethargic

    Today my chicken looks the same but when I went to give her some water with an eye dropper her comb under her throat feels hot to the touch like she has a fever- any advice
  6. oceanbird

    dilating eyes and lethargic

    1) What type of bird , age and weight. RIR , 1yr, ? 2) What is the behavior, exactly. She is moping around- stayed in the coup this morning for hours after the girls went out- when I came home she was outside but separate from the group and moving slowly. Her eyes are also dilating abnormally...
  7. oceanbird

    dilating eyes and lethargic

    I have a chicken that a year old and she all of a sudden has been moping around. There are less eggs today than I have chickens but that is not always unusual. Her eyes keep dilating and she is moving around very slowly. Her crop is empty. She eats normal layer pellets- they sometimes eat...
  8. oceanbird

    how to get hen to roost in coup instead of trees

    I have a new hen that I am trying to integrate into my flock of RIR. She was fine for a few days but now instead of going to the coup at night she is sleeping in the trees. She is so high up we can't reach her to put her in the coup. She is also a bit wild- I can't pick her up or catch her in...
  9. oceanbird

    What goes screech at night??

    We have fisher's out here that make that sound- it's a sound that you don't easily forget. If it is a bobcat I think killing it sounds extreme- I know I'm probably about to make people mad but really. Your living in it's habitat figure out a way to live with it.
  10. oceanbird

    chicken survive dog attack but now she is so skinny

    My chicken was attacked by a dog a month ago but she has been healing wonderfully except she is very thin and much smaller than the other chickens. Her crop seems full after a day of feeding, has good looking poop but she is just a sack of bones. I tried to give her dry cat food but she just...
  11. oceanbird

    New here and I have a few questions

    What would be in a chicken first aid kit? I've had my chickens for a year but I don't have a first aid it yet:/
  12. oceanbird

    how long do chickens live on average

    I have year old chickens I didn't get any chicks this year because I started with 6 chicks and they are all still alive ( even the one that got attacked by a dog) and that is the total number I would like to have. Should I get chicks again next year so we always have some egg layers and how...
  13. oceanbird

    how long to give antibiotics

    So my chicken was the one that had a big bite out of her neck. She seems to be doing very well. We are putting triple antibiotic cream on her wound and we have been giving her terramycin at first in water but now she is with the other chickens so I have been putting it in a little yogurt...
  14. oceanbird

    FAKE EGGS ???????

    I put old golf balls and plastic easter eggs- they move them all around. I have one hen that is broody so even when I take all of the eggs she still has something to sit on.
  15. oceanbird

    OK, WHERE ARE MY EGGS GOING........

    my eggs are way down too- what are the signs of molting? Should I give them anything to help them?
  16. oceanbird

    chickens stopped laying

    my chickens are about a year old and they stopped laying- I haven't noticed their feathers molting but is this about the right time?
  17. oceanbird

    big wound in chicken neck**warning gross pic

    Thanks for you thoughts- our chicken seems to be doing well- she is eating and drinking. She even layed an egg yesterday. I feel bad for keeping her separate because she wants to be out with the other chickens. I just let her out for an hour or so at the end of the day when I get home from...
  18. oceanbird

    chicken with wound on neck update

    Wow how confusing- my feed store told me to get blue-kote. Honey would be a huge mess with getting all kinds of things stuck in there while it's trying to heal. Now I don't know what to do- she did lay an egg today.
  19. oceanbird

    chicken with wound on neck update

    I posted on Sunday that a dog took a big bite out of my chickens neck and there wasn't skin left there to cover the wound. I cleaned it with the saline solution, gave electrolytes and bought BlueKote ( which is like a liquid bandage) and she is also drinking antibiotic terramycin. She looks...
  20. oceanbird

    big wound in chicken neck**warning gross pic

    I did put iodine on it right when it happend- I'll separate her and give aspirin & electrolytes.
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