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Thanks for the reply - I read up about gout, though the swelling is very localised. I've never given injections before.... do antibiotics also come in tablet form??? She's worse this morning - hasn't moved at all. I'm trying to lift her upright every hour so she can still get food/water...

Hello Everyone, Thanks for all your comments and support. In the end I decided to move Pepper (the odler chicken) out. I tried re-homing her with my inlaws 2 chickens, who are bigger, but pretty close in size. How the tables have turned!!! Pepper is no longer the boss (yet) I was worried...

Medical advice needed: I have a chicken that over the last 2-3 days has stopped walking. She's a Brahma Bantam, about 4-5months old. She was getting increasingly slow and not pecking around with her buddy (Flora), which made me wonder if she was a little off colour. Happy in herself though -...

Pepper, Florence, Flora, Bella and Buttercup

If you have experience with integrating flocks/chicks and dealt with all the associated problems, I could really use some help and advice! In March, I had 2 x 1yr old chickens (Dutch Bantam and Plymouth Rock Bantam) in a run outside, and 3 older chicks (8wks old - Cochin and Brahma Bantams) in...

Am quite relieved to find this post! Can I ask... were the poos smelly? And what happened? Did anything change? Any recommendations? 1 of my young chickens died on Monday and I'm keeping a very close eye now on my other 3. 2 of them (which are the same age) seem very subdued, but our older...

Thanks for your help. I'll give it a look and see what I can find in the way of antibiotic/sulfa meds. Thankfully they're no worse today and are still functioning food/poo-wise! :-) Jenni

Coccidiosis is a guess - bottom line is I have no idea. I only started keeping chickens in February, and know very little beyond basic care and living! Since I wasn't sure, this medication I bought sounded on the pack like a reasonable all-rounder. From what I can tell, there is no blood in...

Hello, I really hope somebody can help me - I'm getting worked up and stressed because I don't know what the best thing to do is! I had a flock of 4 chickens: My oldest, Pepper, is 1 1/2yrs old and is a Plymouth Rock bantam. I also had 3 older chicks (5months old at a guess; 1 Brahma bantam...

Hi GD91 , That was really interesting to read! She makes a KAK KAK KAK noise. Sadly, letting ours out is not going to be a possibility for us... we have SO many cats in this area, it would be foolish to let them out. We have 5 or 6 cats who are regular visitors to our garden and use it as a...

We recently got 2 chickens (both bantams) and now have a major noise problem with just 1 of them... our Dutch Bantam, makes a terrible screeching noise AS WELL as her new egg noise. It sounds as if something is wrong - it's certainly not a very happy tuk-tuk-tuk noise, but I can't for the life...