Hi all - I had a 15 month old hen come up with the above symptoms yesterday afternoon and I searched the forum for any possible causes. I tried the warm water for eggbinding to no avail, and she got bad enough last night that the flock rejected her. Today I took her to the vet and it turns out...
I have done PolyViSol,yogurt, electrolytes. She now has a lump on the side of her neck and there is no improvement. the lump feels like a cyst would on a dog. . Should I give it up and cull her? And how do I do it in the most zen Buddist way - I am a total wuss.
More update: Lump was food - but...
I have checked through the forum and tried every conceivable word to describe the behavior and a lot of people have had this happen, yet there seems to be no known cause - therefore no direct application of treatment.
Chicks came from a feed store,fed medicated Purina starter. They are all...
Good Morning and Hello fellow BYC members!!!
After a year of devotion to cleaning up our property and getting the rest of our critters settled in, I made good on my threats and marched down to the feed store and bailed out 7 Barred Rock chicks.
I thought I had done enough research and...