The leg is still the same and she's getting less active. She still comes out of the run and into the garden but she isn't as energetic as she was. She's still eating and drinking at least but I've had to move the food bowl lower as she can't reach up anymore.
The dead chicken was actually a three month old chick, we started letting her out a few weeks before and all was fine. Then the day of the incident i let all the chickens out (4) at 8:30am and they were all fine running around. At 5:00 I arrived home to find her dead on the patio, my partner...
Thank you for your help, I have given it a go with no success....I can't seem to find any videos which would be really useful. Her hip still moves up and down she's just unable to move her ankle part (not sure on the technical terms). She hops around and doesn't seem to be in any pain but that...
Hello,
I arrived home on Friday to a dead chicken and one with a bad leg. I took the chicken straight to the vet who said it feels fine and maybe nerve damage. She prescribed anti-inflammatory medication which we have given her ever since. Nothing appears to have changed I know it's only been...
The next Millie Fleur hatched and also died of the same problem. The other breed are all fine. I have one more Millie fleur left to hatch and I'm thinking it may have the same problem.
As it's only the one breed would this be something that happened at the breeder?
Hi everyone,
Today my chicks started to hatch, I used a broody hen so didn't have to worry about incubation. One of them hatched but was dead. It looks like a navel infection and we found one eggshell with blood in so I assume it's from that chick.
My question is what do I do now? We're...