So...the issue is on his right hock... He hops when he walks. I am not sure if he is suffering, but he has stopped crowing. I first thought joint injury or slipped tendon but not sure.... No, I haven't tried a chicken sling chair.
So... it has been almost a month now... His joint looks the same or slightly bigger and feels a bit softer. I don't know if infection is causing it or something else... He can walk but he cannot stretch his leg. I let him go out of the playpen in the afternoon, then the boss rooster chases him...
Sorry for taking so long to reply. She is doing fine. I don't know what it was, but she got better and then did it again one more time. The second time, I noticed her limping when I opened the coop door in the morning. She was walking back to normal when I saw her in the afternoon. Maybe a...
Thank you. He is spending daytime in a playpen outside where he can be with his friends. I am adding poultry vitamins in the water, but I will do vitamin B complex thank you! Yes, I have kept him in a playpen with bedding, food and water during the day but he roosts on a roosting bar at night. I...
My 4.5 years old Speckled Sussex rooster started limping several days ago. I didn't check him well but I assumed it was some kind of leg injury. I keep him in a playpen with food and water to give him a rest during the day, and he sleeps in the coop as usual at night. He is roosting on a...
A Partridge Wyandotte bantam hen cannot put weight on her leg and standing on one leg. The bump in the circle in the picture seems to be larger than the other leg and the joint feels a bit bigger than the other one. Is the joint dislocated or is it slipped tendon or...? I applied epsom salt...
Thanks! I just reviewed the two browns and a Speckled Sussex hen that I posted in the past. I should have updated and report.
Both of the browns were the ones that laid lash eggs. One of them started back to normal for a little while, then she passed. It was definitely salpingitis. Melon, the...
It has been 4 weeks since Mango (ISA brown, four years old, stopped laying about a year ago) has been separated and staying in the house since my daughter found her standing with one leg, and left leg curled. She had mites but I got rid of them. There is no swelling on the ankle and assumed it...
Thanks! I gave her water with electrolyte and vitamins, scrambled eggs, kale and layer mash. She is eating a lot and looks more comfortable. She has no water belly and I didn't see any mites but treated her for mites just in case. She is about 1.5 years old. She lays eggs but since the sunrise...
My Rhode Island Red bantam hen is going through a hard molt. She is covered in pin feathers and her skin is quite visible. She was in the coop probably all day today, probably trying to keep warm. She sneezed a few times and she didn't look well, so I brought her in. I gave her cat food and...
I was hoping to hear from people but didn't, but she is better!
I kept her isolated for three days. I kept her butt clean and applied antibiotic ointment (without pain relief), Preparation H and vaseline on the prolapsed area to keep it moist. The dead tissue peeled off. I pushed back in a few...
Pumpkin, a three-year-old ISA brown, had a poopy butt and looked dirty, so I brought her in and washed her butt and noticed that she has a prolapsed vent. But it is not like the ones I have seen in pictures on forums. I wonder if it is a prolapsed vent or a tumor?!?! She may have had it for a...
Hi again... The sick hen, Melon, got taken by a bald eagle this afternoon while I was gone shopping and my dogs were in the house. I saw the eagle flying away with her when I got home. I saw a lot of feathers, pieces of meat and bones on the ground. I think it got into the chicken garden and was...
Hi. So I checked her inside but I didn't feel anything like an egg. But about an 1.5 - 2 inches lower from the vent, I feel a round think floating. It has been over a week and she is still dropping poops, so I really doubt it is egg bound... It is really round, could be a lash egg... I gave her...
Thank you so much! I haven't checked if it is an egg... I touched under her belly and it feels like an egg but could be her gizzard??? but it is not really the area it should be... I didn't have time to insert and search for an egg today. I will do it tomorrow. I just gave her a bit of coconut...
My three-year-old ISA brown hen has been unwell for over a week now. I first thought she had water belly. Then in the past four days, her crop gets filled with fluid and she throws up all the fluid (it is clear brownish liquid without much smell. It is not sour smell but more like yeast-ish...