unfortunately she passed away yesterday. from everything i've read in the last week or so, it seems like it was egg peritonitis - she was skinny, but had a very swollen abdomen and passed something fleshy and kind of egg-shaped when she died. her puffed-up feathers did a really good job of...
hello! thank you so much for your response. I got the wormer - it's called Wazine 17, which is turkey, chicken and swine wormer. however, the instructions say "do not give to sick, feverish, underweight or physically weak birds or animals", so I am not sure what to do. I am getting nervous...
Hello! Until yesterday, we had 4 Black Star Hybrid hens, all almost two years old. They have an A-frame tractor in which I have always used pine shavings for bedding until today, when I replaced it with straw (after reading that pine shavings can be toxic). We used to move the coop around...