The frustrating thing is we have no vets here that treat fowl. You start looking at symptoms, and it could be a dozen things. I had one hen egg bound, and she was straining and prolapsed. You can soak her in Epsom salt water which helps and the Tums too. Can you feel an egg inside? How is she...
Mine had dirty bottoms, just had gotten over a bad mite infestation. The state guy said anything like that which upsets their immune system can cause them to get sick.
Mine developed some kind of disease. Started out odd color egg,misshaped. I saw very loose/diarrhea. My fav hen acted weird, and she was the only one that roosted in the coop and saw diarrhea there. I got her and brought in. No signs of breathing difficulties, no appetite. I gave her 2...
I have 10 4 week old chicks. My first time hatching eggs incubator style and never expected that many!!!! I put them out today, was 82, in a huge dog crate that is covered with a tarp and under the carport. They have a halogen light bulb too. Is supposed to be 67 tonight. Will they be...
I bought one from Amazon and same thing. I could not start right out the gate as company came in. Is due to be returned April 1 or 2, it gives 2 dates, but eggs due Mar 31, so I asked for extension to return, which I am going to do. The temp and humidity not right. I bought a temperature/...
I took her to my friend's tonight. That thing has not gone down.My friend pulled it gently, and it is like a string of flesh with this hard round ball hanging out of her. They felt up inside her while I held her and couldn't feel any egg. I wish I had thought to get better pictures when I had...
I soaked her in epsoms salt water this morning. she pooped in the water and some white stuff too. She did eat some boiled egg sometime during the night. I wonder if should treat her for vent gleet too. Can I give her Monistat cream by mouth as well as apply to vent? I wonder why this part...
That thing is hard, sticks out, and I tried to very gently push back in but could not, she acted like it hurt and what did go back she pushed right out again.
I believe it is prolapse. Ive been looking at other photos.When my neighbor gets home, I will ask if he can come up here and get a photo of it for me. She is soaking, and im going to try to get more feathers trimmed off and dose her up, will try to push it back in. I tried earlier and it...
Should I try to soak her again to help clean it? Epsom salts or leave that out? I don't know when she last laid. Someone lays eggs that are very soft, or sometimes has calcium deposits and is white instead of brown (tan). I thought was her.
It is a small red ball sticking out.I covered with honey. I cleaned it off the best I could but stuff stuck to it. I was afraid to try more aggressively. I couldnt get another picture of it. She has got to be at least 5 or 6 years old. I bought 4, something got one, one died from eggbound, a...
I read that after a month, they do not need the medicated and it serves no purpose, BUT it does not hurt them. And this was from a feed company. Actually,now thinking, was from Purina, I emailed them.
I noticed her bum nasty and got her in the house. I thought last night was vent gleet. So cleaned her again this morning and it is not a swollen vent, but is a thing sticking out of her, is round and attached, red and hard. Might it be a tumor?? There are no chicken vets here so basically on...
The feed is not moldy.This is nothing new. I live in Middle Tennessee and either is the coop or Tractor Supply. I tried the AG ext,last year and they would not come out, and you had to drive along way to get the bird to someone to take it to Nashville for exam, and I had to work.
I have been using this brand for a while now (probably a couple years) and wondering tonight if this the cause of chicken issues. It was cold and wet all winter before last, and I lost about 15 of my hens. As it is now, I am down to 14 chickens, and they just don't look good to me. And I...
I have to work Thursday again this week, same as last week, and cannot meet the lady in time to meet the van that picks up. It's nearly an hour away from me to meet her, and I would not get off in time to go home and get the bird then meet her. The hen was fine, or appeared to be. Even my friend...