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  1. terrysgirls322

    Recovering hen will not eat layer pellets.

    Further update. Dot settled well into her coop. A few days ago she had two consecutive days when she ate a whole cupful of her pellets and things seemed to be looking up. However yesterday she didn't touch them and this morning she has not eaten the sardine I gave her at 6am. It was in oil...
  2. terrysgirls322

    Recovering hen will not eat layer pellets.

    Hi. I have a small second coop, big enough for three hens, which I collected yesterday. It needs a pressure wash and the run needs to be put together but it should be ready for Dot by this evening. I'm guessing the best time to 'rehouse' her would be once it is dark. While it is not...
  3. terrysgirls322

    Recovering hen will not eat layer pellets.

    Hi again. Dot now seems back to her old self - well, in a way. She is still not eating pellets but is thriving on tuna, sardines, cheese, yoghurt, etc. I cleaned the coop yesterday and decided to see how she got on if I let her into the run with the others - disaster!!. The first thing she...
  4. terrysgirls322

    Recovering hen will not eat layer pellets.

    Hi - just a quick update. Dot seems a lot better and wanting to leave the crate. I bathed her again yesterday and removed some white discharge from her rear end which had hardened a bit so was a bit tricky to remove but managed in the end. I tried her with some layers mash but she was not...
  5. terrysgirls322

    Recovering hen will not eat layer pellets.

    Thank you so much for your interest and help. My AVC with garlic is from Global Herbs and is not quite the same as the one you suggest. I will need some more very soon so will get some of the Braggs. Dot, my sick hen - she is a speckled maran, hence the name - seems to be improving. I gave...
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    Recovering hen will not eat layer pellets.

    Thank you very much for your reply. It helps being able to talk to others about these problems. I put the crate in the run with the other hens a week ago, after being in the shed for a week. I have been adding apple cider vinegar to her water, although, as I say, I'm not sure she is drinking...
  7. terrysgirls322

    Recovering hen will not eat layer pellets.

    Thank you very much for your help. I have tried mixing whole pellets and crushed ones with yoghurt and she does eat it but it is not really enough. There is very little in her crop at night although I do give her mixed corn in the evening, which she eats. I've tried mixing the pellets with...
  8. terrysgirls322

    Recovering hen will not eat layer pellets.

    One of my girls appeared to have vent gleet. I isolated her in a dog crate in the shed for a week, keeping it dark but so she could see enough to eat. I fed her scrambled egg, bio yoghurt a little cheese in an effort to give her protein. After a week I put the dog crate in the run so she has...
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