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She seems much more comfortable and is eating and drinking and seems to be moving normally. We only drained her once so far and we're not sure we need to do anymore unless she starts to look bloated again. Thanks for asking!

Thanks for the advice. We drained a lot of fluid from Mildred last night and she seems much more comfortable. We didn't drain it all, so will do some more in the next couple of days. How do you know when you've done enough? Does it just stop flowing? After we removed the needle last night it...

And thank you for your help

How would I drain her abdomen?

I have an ex-battery rescue chicken (Mildred) who I got in February 2020, so I would guess she is a little over 3 and a half. She will be a commercial hybrid - a Rhode Island Red crossed with a Lohman Brown, Goldline, Hyline or Isa (you don't get those specifics when you get a rescue). She was...

Thanks!! I'll give her a little treat later. She's laid an egg today so she must be feeling OK!

I've never fed my girls eggs - it feels wrong! Is it really a good idea?

We did it last night. The bleeding was relatively minimal. My husband made the cut and I couldn't look and he took more off than I would have liked and than we had discussed, but I can't complain as at least he was willing to do it! She seems happy enough, but the wound from wear the comb...

Wow! Was he a happier chap after it was cut?

We bought some new scissors very recently, so will use those!

Thank you for all the great advice. Unfortunately there are no decent chicken vets near us (having taken a bird once before, I know they just don't have experience), so I am going to go for it when my husband is home tonight. It was such a beautiful comb that it makes me very sad, but it is...

So if I do need to cut it off - how and where do I cut? My husband will be home later and he might do it - I can try to hold her and keep her calm, but I would be hesitant for fear of hurting her if I did it. I think he will be better. The bit at the front isn't discloured and I think will be...

I tried again to bandage it, and she looked adorable but it lasted about 2 minutes.

If it heals as it is it will be in her eyes forever, and she will look she has a mad twitch!

Thanks for the story with the positive ending! I wish I could secure it so it doesn't keep flipping about as it is opening the wound up more. But is detached right where it joins her head, so I couldn't stitch to anything. I'm thinking I could use an open mesh bandage over her eyes and that...

I've just tried bandaging it, but one toss of her head and it came loose. The problem is where to wrap the bandage without covering her eyes! There is a lot of blood from her moving it around. The ripped off part is a bigger area than the part that is still attached - do you really think it...

One of my girls has been attacked by a fox through the wire of the run and her comb is half ripped off. It was a beautiful big comb, and it is now only attached by about a centimetre at the front, and is flopping in her eyes. I've given her a bath and got off as much blood as I can, although...

Hi - I haven't posted for a while, and I'm sorry to come back with sad news, especially as it seems a number of you have had losses recently. My lovely girl who had a prolapse a short while ago (Georgia) seemed to recover, but she had another prolapse a week ago and didn't make it this time I...

Thanks for asking! She is doing so much better. The vet left me feeling pretty negative about her prospects, but she is definitely eating again, she has been very good with taking the antibiotics and the prolapse is all cleared up. I've let her mix with the other girls, and although she is...

She seems a lot better in herself this afternoon but I went to the vet anyway. He said a prolapse can be a sign there is a problem internally and didn't seem very optimistic but said we could give her antibiotics and see how she goes. She has just had some corn, which I see as a good sign! I...