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I wish they’d go into a wading pool. I’ve tried and they won’t. But I do freeze blocks of ice to put in their waterer.

I’ll definitely check into adding electrolytes. 👍🏻

Like I mentioned above, the wild birdseed mix is only given occasionally. Their main diet is the pellet food.

The ones that died were my neighbor’s hens. I highly doubt she had them necropsied. The two hens of mine ended up surviving after each spending a couple of days in my bathroom. And no, I don’t feed many treats - sometimes wild bird food that has black oil sunflower seeds in it. Other than...

The misters cover about half of the run, so I may put plugs in all but one or two. I have a fan inside their coop to help circulate air, and I keep that area good and dry. I also have frozen water bottles that I put into old socks and put one in each nesting box, which helps those that are...

I feel like I just can’t win. This year has been insanely hot. I have had 2 hens (separate times) that have had heat exhaustion. It was touch and go with them, but they were able to pull through with a couple of days in a quarantine box in a cool bathroom. Once the temp goes over 90 degrees...

Because of the awful heat in our area (So. California), I’ve been running misters a few hours a day to help keep the chickens cool. Unfortunately, I’ve just noticed that there is a layer of stinky charcoal looking sludge about 6” below the sand surface. My question is whether this is safe for...

She’s about 2 years old.

Should I maybe treat with an antibiotic for the infection? I have Enfloxil (Baytril) that I can treat with.

I’m glad it’s not a tapeworm, but now I’m concerned with what it might be. I have put Corid in the water in the meantime in case it’s coccidiosis.

My hen has been acting a little off the past few days, and she’s been having a poopy bottom that I’ve been cleaning off. Yesterday afternoon, I noticed that she had some black tarry poop that was hanging off her bottom, which I’m guessing is dried blood. This morning I noticed she had more...

Yes, I really liked that it was a mini pellet. I should have put on my glasses to see the label. I was just relying on the employee behind the counter that was saying it was a great food. :barnie

Yes, I just noticed that. I could have sworn that the feed store sign said it was 16% protein. That’s upsetting! Thankfully, I have a bag of Nutrena All Flock that is 20% Protein. I’ll probably end up giving a little of this food each day until it’s gone and not purchase again. :hmm

Can someone please tell me whether I can ferment chicken feed that has oyster shell inside of it? The food I just bought is called Super Egg, and it has oyster shell mixed into the feed. Just wondering if it’s safe to ferment with the oyster shell. :confused: Pictures of food & label:

I’m trying the coconut oil treatment first. I also have ACV in the water, which she’s been drinking a lot of. Unfortunately, she’s showing no interest in eating and is acting depressed.

I've read that I can give an Epsom Salt Flush to a chicken that may have sour crop, vent gleet, or to just clear out a blockage. From what I've read, I'm supposed to make up a one time dose as follows: 1 teaspoon of Epsom salt in 1 ounce of water. Am I supposed to have my one chicken drink...

I'm glad your little girl is doing better. :) Did you end up putting her on antibiotics, or just the liquid calcium and anti-inflammatory? Please keep us posted on how she's doing. Hopefully, she'll continue to get better and better. One of my girl's has this same condition. She's not even...

Lizzy733, how’s your hen doing now?

So am I best to just give the 5 days and see how she does? Or where could I get the ketoconazole/fluconazole? And how would I know if she has a yeast infection? Ugh!

I’m so glad I saw this post! I have a hen going through this same exact thing. casportpony, for Salpingitis, would it be a 5-day treatment with the enrofloxacin, or would it be longer? I’ve already started her on it (on day 3) and I’m seeing much improvement.