One of my favourite girls, Caramel, and best layers has stopped laying and I’m worried she has some digestive issues.
Another hyline brown, her sister, previously had an issue with a bloated crop that was blocked and subsequently yeast infected. When that chook had that issue she would proceed...
Update from quarantine. The limp has gotten worse:
https://www.loom.com/share/1993f74e9cb9480bb810e9599fdd373d
I fed her the above vitamins this morning
Also at the beginning of all this she started waggling her neck. I was originally thinking it could be the start of wryneck, but now I’m sure it’s related:
https://www.loom.com/share/775ab013500c41eba91d7d69d9542676
Hi gang,
This is Fluffy:
https://www.loom.com/share/048b369018c949debd252a2c7dd82e76
Fluffy is rude as hell.
We got 2 Australorp pullets that she bullies around and muscles them off food. This part makes her eat a lot, which I think is somewhat how we wound up where she is now.
Her crop...
Thanks @AidKD and @Sussex19 ! She is eating and drinking and has a surprising amount of energy. She is much smaller than her sister who we got at the same time (and was the same size then).
I'm not sure how i would test for vision - her funny walking means she steps on things that she...
Hi all,
We were just starting to get our first eggs from some Australorp chicks last week. The eggs had soft shells and the girls were eating them 🤦♂️. Then on the weekend (14.5.23) I noticed one of the pullets laying down a lot - she is probably the smallest of the 3 chicks and is the only...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I adopted my first 4 chickens 2 years ago when my in-laws were shutting farm. We had one barred-rock, an Isabrown and two brown leghorn chickens.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
4
(3) What breeds do you have?
Right...
Hi all,
We were just starting to get our first eggs from some Australorp chicks last week. The eggs had soft shells and the girls were eating them 🤦♂️. Then on the weekend (14.5.23) I noticed one of the pullets laying down a lot - she is probably the smallest of the 3 chicks and is the only...