Sorry to hear, bad things do happen. Two of my hens died from calcium deficiency. I adopted them like that, and it was too late.
The good news is, a lot of these can be avoided, and corrected. In the future, just watch out when you force the chicken to puke. Make sure her neck is as straight...
You need to put vitamins in their food, and provide them with a calcium intake.
For her first time in her life, my grandma got her first three chickens. This was a year ago. They all seemed well, and lively. All good, till she moved house, and I adopted her chickens, (my first aswell).
I...
Yesterday evening, I fed her a natural yoghurt in small dosis, left her water (24/h) for her to drink, and kept her in isolation. Only had her carefully puke once in a controlled manner. Soon after she felt much better and active, and she seemed to have some appetite. Today, she doesn´t look as...
My chicken is as wild as it gets. Her nest is in a small area in bamboo, and plenty of leaves that she has used to mold her nest. However (to my surprise), the neighbour has a cat, and such cat is apparently fond of eggs. It has eaten a total of 14!
Do you know of a good way to deter cats...
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It´s been some days now, and I´m very worried because she´s been going to worse. The crop of my hen is becoming larger, and she is acting more sick. However, she can still run, and do her normal life. It´s just she acts sick sometimes, and she goes into that "behaviour" of lethargy. She...