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I'm so sorry you and your hen are having to go through this! I think warm baths should help, but I didn't know what else to do. My hen occasionally seemed to release clear liquid from her vent during her condition, so it could have been egg binding. Be sure she has plenty to drink! I hope your...

I haven't had time to be on here, but update: She passed away about 3 weeks ago :(

She stills weighs less than the others, hasn't seemed to eat much food, and has been drinking some. her stool looks completely normal but when she breathes, she breathes with her mouth open. Could she be too hot? She has some shade but I think I'll put some wood planks over the top of the cage...

So I should massage her crop? I'm going up to check on her now to weigh her and bring her some treats. She hasn't had diarrhea, her poop is more on the dry side and the color is going back to normal.

She threw up after I picked her up, the second time was on her own however. I was pretty close to her when she threw up but didn't smell anything. She is eating some but weighs less than normal. There aren't any signs of a blockage, and she seems to be doing a bit better. I separated her from...

It's been about three-four days since I noticed one of my chickens is sick. I was putting the chickens up one night using their treats, and one of them, Daisy, didn't come running like she always did. I found her in a bush, and she wouldn't come out or walk. I carried her out, still she wouldn't...

I just went up to the coop, she hasn't left it all day to forage with the others. She ate a few treats (dried mealworms) when I was putting the others up. She walked slowly and looked a little huffed up and uncomfortable. After moving a bit and pecking at the mealworms a string of yellowish...

Yesterday I went up to the coop to put all the chickens up. I shook their treats and 6 of the 7 chickens came. I got worried, thinking there might have been an animal attack or Daisy (the chicken who hadn't come) got tangled in something because the chickens ALWAYS come when their treats are...

Maybe you could have Spock sleep somewhere that stays dark until later in the day? Like maybe have a mini coop under a tree which is shady and dark in the daytime, and you could let him out into the light a bit later so he doesn't wake up your neighbor? and then so you don't mess up his routine...

Organic doesn't work, get the chickens out and use some proper chemicals!

I just have normal, store-bought food out for my chickens 24/7. They can eat as much as they want, I also give them some healthy treats every now and then but mainly keep them on their commercial food since it has perfectly balanced nutrients and all. Just make sure your chickens have a lot of...

look up "Chicken diapers" online if you're planning on having indoor chickens...

Wow, that looks bad! I'm no professional, but when one of my hens was attacked by some animal, it left a large gash similar to that one, but it didn't cut through any tendons etc and was farther back. We researched it and went to tractor supply and got "Vetericin" or something with a very...

So about nine days ago, one of my hens was attacked by something and was injured badly. she had a few scratches, and a large gash. We sprayed Vetericin on her wounds every day, and she seems to have improved, but recently has lost a lot of feathers which are now scattered across the floor. Does...

Oh that's terrible! We don't think it was a fox, but possibly a hawk. We tied some fishing string across the chickens' pen, so hopefully that will confuse the hawk and keep it from flying in on the chickens. My hen seems to have improved some, but is definitely still in pain. She doesn't move...

Thanks! We bought some spray-on vetericin and electrolytes to put in her water, and are going to move her into the empty dog cage right now.

When we went to the coop, one of the hens was shivering on her perch. A lot of her feathers were torn off and there was a bloody hole (about 1.5in. diameter) on her back beside her tail. The blood was black and had dried already when we found her, and a few other parts of her body were scratched...

One of my chickens, a gold comet, was standing really still in a bush when I came to check on all the chickens. There weren't any hawks for her to be afraid of, and all of the other chickens came running up to me and started playing in the open space. I tried shaking her treats, but she didn't...