you mean an ‘article’ for this forum? how do i do that?
Yes, i used amoxicillin as i read that if soft shell egg imploded inside her, it can lacerate her oviduct leading to internal bacterial infection. So amoxicillin for internal bacterial infections and vetericyn for any external bacterial...
Helping a Hen Through a Vent Issue – My Step-by-Step Recovery Plan
(attached photos show chronological progress with last photo showing full recovery)
About 10 days ago, I found one of my hens with very bloody, thick mucus around her vent. She was lethargic, spaced-out, not eating, and unable...
yesterday I gave 1/10 of 500mg amoxicillin tablet (via syringe as 1.5ml liquid) and also applied honey/turmeric blend on vent (as didn’t have vetericyn that just arrived this morning)
and this morning gave 1 calcium tablet and vitamin drops mixed into small amount of rice peas and chick crumb...
many thanks.
She still active, eating and drinking, standing and moving about, albeit slower than normal.
do i have to push the clocoa inside or will that happen naturally?
so you think she can make a full recovery? if not and she’s suffering badly, i’m prepared to humanely cull her, as i...
I’m seeking urgent advice and treatment for my 2-year-old Plymouth Rock hen.
She experienced a laying-related trauma 4 days ago, likely due to a soft-shelled egg. She became lethargic, passed bloody mucus from the vent, and was showing signs of exhaustion and straining. I provided isolation...
it’s a flock of 8 living in a 3 m square run with lots of roost bars. they free range for 2 hours a day.
feed is layer pellets mixed with dried corn, dried peas black sunflower and barley, which gets mixed with rice and fresh peas. Same diet for 18 months and no issues. treats are...
Need urgent advice:
This is a 2-year-old Plymouth Rock hen. She’s a normally healthy, friendly, and reliable layer — and may be the one who occasionally lays soft-shelled eggs (rarely, once every couple of months).
She was fine this morning and at 2pm afternoon freerange.
But when i let...
With spring approaching, one of my 1-year-old roosters is mating more frequently. Some of my nine 1-year-old hens may be moulting, but others are losing feathers on their backs and heads.
I’ve bought hen saddles but have no experience using them. I’d appreciate advice on:
• Will hens...
I have 8 hens, all around 11 months old, and they’ve been laying perfect eggs—until three weeks ago. Suddenly, one of my black Maran hens started laying eggs with very thin shells. Often, they were cracked or even broken by the time I collected them.
The first day I noticed the problem, I saw...
my advice having tried to keep 2 roosters for 10 hens, is it’s one too many.
I still have 2, but it’s been a lot of work trying to get them to behave. and i know it will be an ongoing task. so if you’re prepared to do the work, then you might get away with it.
if you keep 2, make sure you...
what do you do with Triwind incubator after 18 days? do you remove the yellow tray and place eggs on the blue tray, so it still rotates but doesn’t turn eggs?
or how do you place eggs in incubator after 18 days?
my hens are 9 months old and still laying regularly. Recently, and for first time, i noticed that some eggs have these small spots on them.
I’m a new owner, so don’t know if this indicates anything bad: either about the egg, or the health of the hen that laid it?