addimg a chicken to the already established flock can be very stressful to the bird, this def could be your problem, how are the other hens taking to her and treating her?
Yes I agree ~~my girls that are molting and have pale combs, I've put vitamins w/ electrolytes in their water to help them through this stressful time, and no they are not laying .
1 of my chickens is doing the same thing, only mine come out like an egg shaped mass but smaller and my daughter dissected one , inside there are kidney like pieces of meat when she opened them, they were filled with what looks like fat., and some of them didn't have the flesh coat they were...
well i cant tell you if it is contagious or not but doesnt seem to be at this time but my little banty has been losing her toes! she only has 2 left on each foot told the vet he put her on ampicillan, and said it was bramblefoot, i didnt think so so i took her in,,,the were quite confused and...
Dont fell bad neither have the vets in my area!! Ive got one too! they put her on antibiotics! amoxicillan says it might be a virus??! they have no clue! said she would probably lose the rest of her toes! poor girl! she is so sweet! she just showed up one day! and my flock treats her badly but...
Hi, I had 2 little banty hens show up on my farm, one died after 4 days of treatment( WEEZING) THE OTHER ONE i THOUGH HAD LEG MITES SO I STARTED HER ONE VASELINE, HER TOES STARTED FALLING OFF!, oops sorry just looked u to see me "yelling" sorry!~~!~~Anyhow I took her to the vet they put her on...
I LOVE IT!!! I have been using it for a month now and my turkey is finally getting his feathers back! just in time for winter! and my babies are feathering faster so hence they wont need as much heat very soon!
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found this little banty out at my farm, and I thought she had a severe case of mites too! so I started slathering her feet down with vaseline..and after about a week she lost her 1st toe!! and NO!! its not from it being cold! its summer here in Arkansas! she now losing 2 more toes! same thing...
Most people think its too expensive and will just get whatever is cheapest. I myself love it! and mix with egg pellets one feed they do not seem to like much at all is Country lane from Oreshilin's.