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OK. The other two chicks are back in their enclosure inside the coop until we can build them a separate run inside the coop. I found Vetericyn and sprayed her; she is up and about in her little box, looking wan and sad but functioning. No idea if she is drinking but she has pooped which is a...

Thank you. We kept them in an enclosure inside the coop for two weeks, then let them out.

Based on advice from the group, we moved our 8 week old chicks into an enclosure inside the coop. After they had acclimated for a few weeks, we started letting them out for brief times, making sure they have access to hiding spots. I think the feathers all got pulled out and we are looking at...

We put her in a safe place with towel, fresh water with some booster in it, and feed. I tried to dropper some water onto her beak and she got indignant and stood up. There's only one emergency vet in the area taking chickens and they will only accept 3 chickens at a time due to avian flu. She...

Based on advice from the group, we moved our 8 week old chicks into an enclosure inside the coop. We put hidey-holes in the coop then when the youngsters seemed excited to go out, we let them out. The big chickens went after them very aggressively and this one didn't figure out how to hide :(...

sorry, the chicks were 3 or 4 days old.

h'm no, we didn't. We have been taking the eggs as the other ladies lay the eggs under her. There had been a marble egg under her when we swapped out for the chicks. I didn't realize hens could count. We didn't plan this very well. We have a whole chick rearing set-up inside that we went ahead...

Our hen has been broody for weeks now. Last night we snuck three factory chicks under her. When we came out in the morning, two chicks were peeping under her wings, one chick was running around the enclosure. I tucked the loose chick back with the others. Just recently though, Mama started...

how did you just happen to have chicken sedatives on hand? what did you use?

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa you're brave I don't think our loppers are very sharp we might have tin snips, those are really sharp. It's just so hard since she was a beloved pet.

We gave her one dose, full strength, yesterday. She is not eating at all today but will sip a little bit of water if we insist on it. I've broken the necks of songbirds who were attacked by dogs and it's just horrifying. I might have to put on my big girl panties and do it, though.

I got some from a kind neighbor yesterday and gave her her first dose.

Sad chicken I've never tried inserting a video before so I'm hoping this works. Lucy has not stood up since we brought her in 36 hours ago. To my knowledge she has not pooped. She has had a few sips of water and a few bites of cat food. Plus the poultry drench. Am I being cruel in prolonging her...

Rosemary, you are my new best friend. Now that we have treated her, should we a) put her back in the coop b) put her in the garage even though it's 30 degrees out there c) keep her in the mudroom even though it's next to our pantry, and all of our shoes and winter clothes.

For any of you following along on the chicken mite saga: We treated Lucy chicken with Poultry drench and permethrin. She still looks extremely sad. There are swarms of mites slowly moving on the crate that she is in which is horrifying to me and my kid with OCD is beside herself. I've created a...

thanks that's kind of you! The gentleman who delivered the poultry drench had a 4WD big Man truck. So that was really nice of him.

Happily we bought permethrin last time we treated the ladies so we had it on hand.

she is monching on some liver-based cat food right now, I'm going to dig through the freezer to find the liver that I saved. And a dear neighbor is going to have her dad pick up the Nutri Drench in the next county over and bring it to us before it starts snowing again. People seriously make fun...

we cannot get that product. Would Floradix, infant iron drops, adult iron drops, chopped raw or cooked liver help?

Well, the local farm supply store doesn't carry it, it won't get here from Amazon until the 4th. I don't know what else to do.