Thank you! We originally built it for the turkeys. The one PVC perch worked well for them during the day and they went to the coop at night. There is a built in option for a second perch. I considered wrapping it but haven’t since no adults are in it overnight and I’m not planning on having...
Moved my newest flock members to their larger temporary enclosure. They are about 6 weeks old. Still having pretty cold nights in NY and we have some snow coming soon so they need their heat lamps (secured well and have hardware cloth covering them). Will add some more toys soon, swing etc. I...
I am so sorry- was going through my old posts and I don’t know how I didn’t see this- years late!
Thank you! I’ve of course added more in the last few years. I buy the auto doors from https://www.automaticchickencoopdoor.com/
I have bought three of them from the site. One more for me and one...
Thank you! I did. Both looked normal to me but to be honest I don’t know if I would know what abnormal would look like. Didn’t look enlarged. She is actually still in the freezer. Need to dig a hole to bury her. It’s very rocky on my property, need to get the backhoe on the tractor. So I still...
Never mind, she died today. I did a quick necropsy and her crop was slightly sour smelling but nothing compared to my other chicken who had sour crop. Her abdomen looked normal from what I can see. I gave her watermelon in the evening yesterday and was surprised to see the seeds in her gizzard...
I’ve never done this before so hopefully it works but here are some videos of Tilly’s issue:
The video of her behind chicken wire shows her sneezing/ coughing or whatever it is that she’s doing.
She isn’t getting any better with all the treatments. I have been treating her for sour crop...
Great, thanks for the guidance! I have used that article to treat a couple of my birdies. It is a good one! I actually have some Nystatin left from the rooster (he ended up with Thrush) and some Clotrimazole pills left from the hen with sour crop. I can start her on one and then ask my vet for a...
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She was laying eggs (2-3 a week) up until the wheezing started last Thursday. Her abdomen feels normal, I have been checking that daily. Her crop also feels normal, it’s not sagging, bloated, or hard. I have been checking that every day too. I would treat the crop not...
I just posted a similar issue- would I get those meds from the vet or some place like TSC. If you can, please reply to my post. I assume I should wait to start other meds? Don’t mean to take away from this post, hopefully the two posts combined help us both.
My 8 year old EE hen, Tilly Ann- my favorite hen that jumps in my lap to cuddle, started sneezing/ coughing once in a while a couple of weeks ago. This past Thursday she started wheezing and gasping for air, along with sneezing/ coughing. No other birds have any symptoms. Checked her for gape...
Update on Romeo: yesterday was a big turning point- his comb is back to red, he is only gasping for air a little when I pick him up to give him meds- I assume from being stressed (but works out a bit since it’s easier to give him meds), he is trying to crow more but it’s still really bad, he...