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This may be the dumbest question but I genuinely do not know. I have micro seramas who live in a "townhouse", and they love it. However while great at keeping heat in, during the summer this is a problem. I was thinking about getting those mini clip on battery powered fans to lightly circulate...

Here's the original post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/symptomatic-hen-cant-account-for-illness.1344972/page-2#post-22098999 Alexa was on the edge of death. I thought for sure she would die. I immediately isolated her and put out the word that I needed help here on this forum. All...

Sure the pics are in the main post now. I have her on nutridrench, pedialyte, and sugar water right now. She's not eating yet :( Crop is normal. On just my own exam (im not a vet), she feels completely normal. She has gasped a few times.

Yes she can *slightly* raise her head up and look around. Not fully though. She kind of hangs it. She's never had any reproductive issues however that doesnt mean thats not a cause of what she's going through. THe belly has no distension or hardness, no lumps or anything like that. I'm going to...

Thank you, I will do that. I appreciate it!

For a second I wondered that myself, but she doesn't appear to fit the bill on that. Wry neck always is a disturbing thing to see. What she's doing is more like, she looks highly distressed and is hunched over. Very lethargic.

Yes I will post pics no problem. I'll go get them after i write this. I have no roosters in my flock. She appears uninjured. She can stand if I put her up, but she's unsteady and she is very hunched over. Wings dropped, backside dropped, head dropped. She's still looking around like she always...

I was wondering if it could be an egg issue. I live in NEOH and its pretty dark all the time, I do not supplement light and so she hasn't laid in probably a month. My bantam polish aren't the best egg layers to begin with, but I haven't seen either of them lay in at least a month. WHen she was...

I have a VERY sick bantam buff laced polish hen (frizzle). She is 1.5 years of age. On Friday it was warm and I let the chickens out to free range. She was fine and running around like the little spunk she is. Yesterday, Saturday, I found her crouched, wings down, head down, backside curved...

Ask me anything - I am currently going through the process of applying for a permit from the US FWS for depredation. I have a swarm of red tail hawks that have moved from the farm down the street to the woods in my backyard. Its only a matter of time. I have a steel wire covered run and it is...

Found my favorite quail laying down on her side in her habitat. I picked her up to see if she was ok and her legs were stiff sticking out. I thought maybe she was going to die. I fed her nutridrench and B12 liquid mixed together, and then water. She drank a ton. I put her in a box on a bunch of...

That makes sense. And yet, still highly disturbing that my little Alexa (bird) would eat another bird.... ewe.

Has anyone ever had one of their chickens bring them a "present"? Similar to how a cat would? I really feel like no one will believe this, but it happened this morning and I dont know whether to be amazed or disturbed. So this morning around 530am I let all the chickens out of their enclosed...

Exactly! I have 9 and that’s plenty for me!

Disclosure: my chickens are my pets as well as my source of eggs so I am HIGHLY biased on how they **should** be treated. SO here's the thing. A close relative of mine wants chickens. I've been hatching chickens, raising chickens, caring for chickens, and even breeding quail this for a couple...

That does make sense. She's VERY protective of the flock.

So, this morning I hear LOUD crowing outside. I am confused because I have no roosters outside. I have one rooster, a micro serama, and he is INSIDE my house where I can see him. No, this was a loud crow and it was definitely outside. I went outside to find my head hen, Cinnamon, crowing...

UPDATE ON RIO!!! His comb is not purple today!!!

Thank you that is reassuring.

This morning Rio’s comb looked discolored (slightly purple) at the back end, and felt slightly cold to the touch. Background -1 year old -Hatched him myself -Indoor pet, lives in a giant townhouse with his girlfriend (another Serama) -Never been exposed to another flock NOR any other birds NOR...