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FOUND BLACK AUSTRALORP HEN! NEEDS HOME! - South Florida, north of West Palm Beach. So I was driving on the back road to work at 5 a.m. when I saw something in the center of the road. The area is wooded, pastures with cows, orchards, and homes far away. There is a school near the end of it and...

She gave her fluids, dextrose, baytril, and steroids. She couldn't stand and when I was rushing her to the vet, her comb was turning purple. My other one is going in today and hopefully she will make it.

My hen had sour crop which I discovered on a Sunday afternoon. Afer reading these posts I went to the store and bought Monistat. She was worse on Monday. I rushed her to the vet when I got home that evening and she couldn't even hold her head up. The vet gave her all sorts of fluids and...

DO NOT USE MONISTAT!!!!! IT IS TOXIC TO BIRDS!!!!! My hen had sour crop which I discovered on a Sunday afternoon. Afer reading these posts I went to the store and bought Monistat. She was worse on Monday. I rushed her to the vet when I got home that evening and she couldn't hold her head up...

My friend just stopped by my house and said the hen is just sitting in the house; not in the nesting box, just kind of near the roosting pole. That was around 1:00 in the afternoon. I don't know what is wrong with her.

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Yesterday I noticed that my 2-year old black sex-link hen had a droopy tail, was sort of lethargic, had a water balloon crop, and didn't eat much. I noticed only one pile of poop under the roosting pole from the night before (I have 2 hens). There is some runny diarrhea in the coop which might...

Hey everyone, I just ran across a petition to help change the current law in Port St. Lucie, FL, to allow people to have hens. The goal is 5,000 signatures and currently there are only a couple hundred. For those of you who live in area, please send this petition to your friends who live in...

The only small bag of chick starter was Manna Pro. It was five pounds. I didn't want to get a giant bag that would go bad. I have been cutting down on their previous food and mixing more starter in it. They didn't eat much at first, but they have slowly been picking up. I tossed out the old...

I actually had to throw out a big bag of feed recently because it was moldy. Never even got to use it. The crumbles from another bag I have been using may not be fresh anymore. I think I will throw it out. It isn't easy to find small bags of food. The poos still have sand in them, but not as bad...

I had actually ordered live worms and put them in my gardens so that I could dig them later and give them to the ladies. They do get live bugs fairly often. Yesterday they ate cutworms (caterpillars) that were destroying my gardens. I checked poo again this morning and there was some sandy stuff...

The feed is a whole issue in itself. My fermented feed actually molded; like greenish/blue nasty stuff. It had the film but nasty mold too. I have been battling some nasty diseases since May of this year. I lost one of my chickens to it. They were on heavy meds which made them lose their...

I actually haven't been giving them as much scratch lately as I was getting home so late and they were already in bed. I have two weeks off work, so they will be getting out more. When I go back, I will be back to my regular schedule and they will get out more. I tried to make two different...

My two hens have had a long battle with diseases. After several months of medications, not eating, and losing weight, it seemed like they were on the road to recovery. A few months ago I built them a new coop and put sand down for flooring. Over the past week I have noticed their weight has...

I get dried mealworms along with dried crickets from www.naturespeck.com The mealworms are $13.75 for 1 lb., and $53 for 5 lbs. They give you free shipping on orders over $30. The dried crickets are very high quality. I mix them into "The Ladies'" food everyday and they just devour them.

This was a very mild case. There was no core even. The reason I even did it was because my other hen had a bad case and I figured I would do them together. I simply lanced both her feet to get Vetericyn in them. It is like a Neosporin spray for animals. The other foot is fine. No swelling, no...

Both of my hens had bumblefoot and I did the surgery. The one that had it the worst seems to be doing fine. The one that barely had it seems to have a problem. Her name is Beatrice. One of the bandages on her foot came loose the first day and it got dirt in it. I cleaned it out, but I am scared...