So, one of my hens finally went broody--what we've all been waiting for! It took me a little while to find fertilized eggs. Once I got them, another hen went broody. Long story short, I put fertilized eggs under 1st hen, and the 2nd hen had eggs laid from my other chickens but I had a feeling...
Good news and bad news! Good news is that she seems to just about be 100%. She's perky, eating, seems alert. Bad new is that she seems to be getting bullied now. Her crown I noticed had some dry blood on it, and I just witnessed my rooster and another white chicken going after her! I broke it up...
Thank you! She seems to be getting better steadily. I've been giving her cooked eggs with some herbs. Good progress! Hopefully she's back to normal in a couple more days or so. Thanks for your help!
Thanks for the link! I read through it. Honestly I can't tell any difference between her crop and other chickens. It doesn't really seem like anything is wrong with it. She seems a bit better today. Not as lethargic as yesterday but still lags around/hangs back. The color of her crown seems...
I feed them organic layer pellets from blue seal. I haven't lost any birds besides 1 had crop top maybe 1.5/2 years ago. I usually give the chickens scraps just when I have them (nothing moldy. Anything like lettuce, cabbage, grass, broccoli stems, etc.). This is the first time I'm giving the 1...
Hi,
I have a 3 year old rhode island red. She had a really poopy vent that went unnoticed for a while. It was cleaned yesterday and today I soaked the in warm water with epsom salt for 20 minutes. As I picked her up to soak her, she seemed to vomit watery stuff.
Her tail is still droopy, and...