Thank you. I don't have a way to take a picture at the moment (phone is in shop for repairs) but thank you for the information. I will keep an eye out on the drinking. She is not bleeding anymore and is on the mend and the comb is slowly starting to look better.
Our chicken, Brigid, had a prolapsed vent yesterday. As soon as we heard the commotion, we ran out to get her as the other chickens were making her a bloody mess. This is this second time this has happened. However, her comb is pale. We are treating her back end but what does the paleness...
I just got them so I have not thus far. I have baked their egg shells, ground them up and fed it back to them for calcium. I am open for suggestions and guidance
Completely calmed down. Not red and inflammed at all. I used the coconut oil with the essential oils. I bathed the hens last night on their bum to get the coconut oil off. They are completely dry. The feathers have fluffed up a bit so it may just be residual oil. I clipped some of the...
I have two laying hens that suffered from a blow out/prolapsed vent. The other chickens attacked their vents and left them a bloody mess. I separated them from teh rest. One of the hens developed thrush. I washed them both off, treated the vents with coconut oil mixed with lavendar, oregano...
I live in a wet climate where the ground is rarely dry, therefore I was looking for sand for my laying hens to take a dust bath in. I found a sand that goes on the bottom of cages for pet birds. It containes Calcium, Phosphorous and Magnesium. Instead of bathing in it my laying hens started...