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I still have a significant gash and black and blue mark on my wrist from well over a week ago, compliments of ReBuff, my second Buff Orpington. I was feeding the flock of three by throwing out some seed and meal worms, a morning tradition. She's over a year old and this the most significant...

I think it's best to let Mother Nature take the lead and give them a break. They deserve it.

Chile refers to peppers. Chili is a spice mix comprised of ground chile peppers or red pepper flakes, tumeric, paprika, salt etc. We then also make chili out of beans. So the language is confusing for chili/e.

Thank you for sharing your painful loss. My Anacauna, Ana, was just diagnosed yesterday with ovarian cancer. She has quite a bit of fluid build up. I'm giving her anti-imflammatory, antibiotic and a diuretic. She is moving better today. Her x-ray was fuzzy white throughout her abdomen as...

I know Ana ate a large washer as I had her x-rayed. She also ate bb gun pellets. The vet suggested surgery to remove it but I wasn't sure if that was a good idea for her as she is a little chicken (Anacuna). She no longer laid eggs after this incident. The washer affected her ability to...

I handled my chicks with the thought that they would respond better as they grew older. I didn't handle them often, perhaps once or twice a day. I didn't want to over-stress them (beaks open, looking as if they are panting). One of the chicks turned into a rooster and he loved hanging out...

Since you have a small flock, you can be the rooster, if you don't have one. I take my girls for walks in the front yard and in the open space behind my house. I then let them have their 15-30 minutes while I read a book or busy myself with a small project but I have to really watch for dogs...

Me too. I've become distressed learning about how the poultry industry raises these chickens and especially how they are treated upon death. If more people knew what we knew, there would be public outrage over their conditions.

I have a chicken whose poop was being expressed as a projectile. Initially I thought that she had a bound egg and the vet said it was possible. We took an Xray and discovered she ate several bb's and a metal washer that is blocking the production of eggs. He suggested surgery which I...

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Have you checked her crop? If her crop (located sort of where our thyroids would be located) is impacted, it means she is not getting enough calcium or her body doesn't metabolize it properly. If it is impacted (filled with grit) she can not digest anything. You would feel it being very hard...

no sign of egg, her crop is fine. Thank you for these thoughts. I'm thinking I need to get back to the vet who treated her on this.

Four months ago, my Anacauna got an impacted crop (age 7months). I took her to the vet, had the crop flushed and put her on antibiotics as she appeared to also have another issue that did get resolved after a week of treatment. Up to this point, she was laying an egg a day. Upon returning...

Hoping for some help Four months ago, my Anacauna got an impacted crop (age 7months). I took her to the vet, had the crop flushed and put her on antibiotics as she appeared to also have another issue that did get resolved after a week of treatment. Up to this point, she was laying an egg a...