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I didn't even know you could train chickens?! Though she can't get into a box with sides so I guess it would be just training her to poop in a corner or something... Thanks - I messaged them and asked about her situation, and they believe they would be ok for her, but they only ship to the US :(

Hiya, long time no post! We have just adopted a beautiful little Silkie named Ellie. She's about 6 months old, and when she was just a bub she had one of her legs ripped off by a fox :( It's all healed fine and she hops along with no problem, however as we'd like to have her as a mainly...

Thanks for your replies casportpony and BethMatt. I took Midori to the vet, and she was diagnosed with an impacted ovary duct. It seems the prognosis is poor, with surgery not having a great chance of her pulling through it, and antibiotics likely not going to have much of an effect at this...

Hello, this morning I noticed one of my girls not being quite as active as usual, comb slightly down, and tail not as high as usual. She also had this poop hanging from her bottom. More info: She used to be the Head Honcho Hen, but got an infection a couple of months ago which she was on...

Thankyou! This is the first we've seen it in the two years of having our hens. It definitely looks like #13 (although the ridges are not in the same direction as the pic). Will keep an eye on them.

Good morning chickadees! One of our three Isa Brown's laid this egg sometime between bedtime last night and this morning. Any ideas what caused it to be the strange shape? Do we need to be concerned? Thanks :-)

Thanks so much Kathy, much appreciated.

Sorry for the very tardy reply. I'm sad to inform that Merlot-hen passed away from her infection. Two vet visits, tests, temperature checks, anti-inflammatories, two different lots of antibiotics, and a caloric-rich supplements didn't help, and she died not long after she stopped eating and...

Hi everyone, My little Merlot (Isa brown) was whisked off to the vet on Saturday, and was diagnosed with a gastrointestinal infection. She was prescribed antibiotics morning and night, and then a probiotic afterwards. She was also given an anti-inflammatory at the visit. So far she's had...

Thankyou so much for what you do for these chickens <3

Thanks Eggcessive. I too suspect it's Marek's, though after some research I realised it doesn't seem to matter much if it is or not, as it's not treatable anyway. So we decided that we will just continue to give her the care she needs, giving her a 'holiday' away from the flock from time to...

Update on Chardonnay: She is so much better! She is walking straight, trotting around, eating, and doing all the other normal chickeny things. However, she is definitely blind in her left eye - I think that's what must have been causing her to walk drunkenly. She went back in with her...

Hello fellow Aussies! Just found this thread, hi from Central Coast, NSW :-) Anyone else nearby? (Sorry for not reading through all 19,000 posts to check haha)

Ooooh, will have to find the Aussie thread, thanks!

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome! I look forward to chicken-chats with you all :-)

Thanks so much. All our birds eat eggs regularly (as we don't eat them ourselves), but we will give her more tuna too. And I always have a supply of almond meal so she can have some of that too, along with her regular food. I managed to get a couple of photos just now, but they are not the...

Hi guys, I'm worried about my hen Chardonnay. She's an Isa brown, unknown age as she was a rescue but she was laying when we adopted her 18 mths ago. Day before yesterday we noticed her walking funny - kind of sideways like she was drunk. She would do that for 30sec then walk normally...

Hi everyone! Just thought I'd do a little intro before I post my question in another thread. I'm on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia (about an hour north of Sydney) and live on a rural property with my husband, our birds, a cat, two foster bunnies and two foster guinea pigs. We had our...