Thank you all for your replies. Since she took the ice packs as a challenge (and warmed them to steaming in about 40 minutes *LOL*) we are now trying chicken jail. We have a smaller, wire framed rabbit run with just a dirt floor and no nest area. Today she is taking her “staycation” with her...
I have a VERY broody, 8 month old Orpington girl. We have no roos so none of the eggs will ever be fertile. We have always removed eggs promptly. I tried taking access to the hen house away during daylight hours, only for her to return to the box at any and all opportunities. I have 2 ice packs...
Hi. Thank you for your reply. Her comb and waddles are more pale than those of her sisters. She is underweight. I can definitely feel her breast bone. I'll have to feel her crop in the morning. They start in on their food first thing in the morning, so I will try to catch her early. She seems...
I have a five-month-old hen, Who up to this point has been extremely healthy and active. About a week ago she started sneezing, three days later we noticed when she laid down or hunkered down on her perch, she would wheeze and have trouble breathing. As soon as she would stand back up, her...