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Well, I'm afraid things escalated quickly since yesterday. When I came home from work this evening, she was in the coop, asleep and I'm not sure if she even came out this morning. She's not on the perch, but resting in the hay and I suspect she won't make it through the night. We have a couple...

I know they get stressed somewhat in extremes of temperature. We had an odd beginning to winter where it went from being in the 70's to suddenly in the 20's within a couple days time and I wondered if that may have made things worse. I'm sort of at a loss on this one. I don't see signs of...

Her face appears a little swollen. The shaking is pretty mild and not constant. She does appear somewhat lethargic and her walk appears fairly normal. She did go up in the coop early this evening, a good 30 - 40 minutes prior to the normal time. I checked on her and she's asleep with her head...

I'll have to get a better look at that. I haven't seen anything odd. Both hens stopped laying about a year ago and I figured they were at the end of their reproductive activity. The other hen, Daisy, looks totally normal in the face. I will try some Vaseline and see if that has any effect. As...

The hen in question is an older Buff Orpington. She eats, drinks water and hangs out with the other hen, but I have noticed that she doesn't look good and gives a little head shake from time to time. The color in her face isn't normal. The other hen and the two roosters don't show any signs of...

You have a wonderful way of expressing the situation both physically and spiritually. I have gotten the feeling that Susie watches over me and hears what I am saying. I have her pretty suede cowboy hat sitting in a rocking chair just feet away, next to her pictures and I get a strong sense of...

Thank you, one thing I do intend to do is make Susie proud. In her honor I must do the best with what I have left and prepare myself for the day when I will see her again.

I didn't expect to get anything for the flock. I had thought perhaps someone might add them in with their larger flock. The more I think about it, my odds of re-homing them aren't good. I had thought about letting them free range. I have a tall fence and I could clip the buff's wings, but...

I don't mind replying to the comments, it seems to help express what otherwise would be pent up emotion and there's plenty to go around. Besides Susie now being with the Lord and it ending her suffering, the other blessing has been that it has brought me closer to God. I plan to make good on my...

Everyone else, I promise to reply to each and every one of you. I am exhausted, lacking sleep and I must get up extremely early, I but I will get back to you. Thank you all for reaching out. I can't tell you how much that means to me.

I almost didn't know where to start with your wonderful and insightful reply. You must know something about this experience to understand it as such an intimate level. If you aren't one, you would have made a great therapist. Nothing you said sounded disrespectful or flippant, on the contrary...

Thank you for your kind words and encouragement. As with all other aspects of my life, I place my life in God's hands and pray that he give me the guidance to make the right decisions. I will check out the thread you provided, for I can use all the prayers I can get. I am sorry to hear about...

When I began our adventure into having a small flock of chickens, my Wife and I had discussed it and were all in. It was a labor of love and she delighted in not only helping take care of them, but she helped paint the coop and run as well. Regrettably, later in the year, to be precise, October...

I've found the nipple system to be far less work and less hassle. No litter or poop in the waterers, no more tossing out gallons of contaminated water and no running gallons of water out the hose trying to rinse waterers out. Some people use pvc to install the nipples in, fed by a bucket, but I...

Some time ago I decided to "kick the bucket" so to speak and switch to nipple waterers. I got tired of all the cleaning, wasting water and Rooster Booster. You can get the nipples cheaply and make your own with a small plastic container, bucket or whatever depending on the size of your flock...

I've got 3 Silkie roos and besides sleeping in the same coop, when the sun comes up they have to be separated or it's like a battle royale. Two are ornery and one is super docile and sweet, but put them together and they all turn evil.

So I got my 2nd bad bag of Purina Flock Raiser in about 4 months. It wasn't crumbles, it was dust and the birds don't like it. TS says they'll exchange it, but I'm at the point where I'm wondering if there is a better alternative for an adult mixed flock?

The last time I exchanged I got a good one so I'll give it a try. The chickens don't seem interested in the powder, so I have to find something.

SC here and honestly it looks like a processing issue. I'm 90% certain they incorporate the ingredients into water and create a slurry. The slurry is likely cooked down or somehow they get most of the water to evaporate. From there it's forced through a die with holes that gives it the pellet...

I was just searching the threads for this subject and I have gotten a similar bag twice within the last four months. The first one had the same brown appearance and I'm guessing there is a tumbling/drying process that was overdone, because it had the same burned look to it and my chickens...