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Update: I got her some Duramycin -10 that you mix with water, Probiotics with vitamins and electrolytes. She finally started acting pretty normal today. I didn't even have to put her in her nesting box (she went in on her own) and she ate at least 10 crickets today. Before today she only ate...

Thank you for the info. on the Corid. I got her to drink some water today that I put some Wazine in but I believe all she ate was a few bites of watermelon and maybe one mealworm. She pecked at some other stuff but dropped it instead of eating it. She at least drank more water than she has...

I saw an older post where someone force fed electrolytes and food. How do you force feed? I'm holding fresh corn in front of my hen so hopefully she will take a bite periodically but I think she's getting worse. I haven't been able to get her to take yogurt. Can a hen choke like another...

The only food my hen is getting now is what I'm holding in front of her and sometimes she doesn't even eat that. I bought crickets and mealworms which is her favorite. The other day she ate about 5 crickets. Could not get her to eat any the past 2 days. She has taken a few bites of fresh...

We used tin for the roof. We also just had to put hardware cloth over the chicken wire because of critters and dogs so I suggest hardware cloth instead of chicken wire. I agree with having one that you can walk in. Mine wasn't built that way and it's a total pain to try and clean it or...

Quote: That explains it Silkies have sideways rose combs and cochins have single combs the normal way around. So she has a sideways single comb The rooster is an amazing bird. He's very strong and hardy and tries his best to take care of the chickie. Him and 2 other roos came out of the...

Quote: She's suppose to be 1/2 silkie and 1/2 cochin. I don't know if her comb is normal for those breeds but only the part near her beak is attached. The rest just hangs over. The rooster is an amazing bird. He's very strong and hardy and tries his best to take care of the chickie. Him...

I would probably get 300 feet worth of good outdoor extension cord and if you have to buy several, then use electrical tape where the connections meet and somehow prop the areas where the connections are up where they won't be under water or snow during the winter. Hook one of those heated...

Quote: It is big, it has to grind her food up. She's a full-grown chicken, isn't she? The poultry grit is made for chickens... just give it as it is. If it looked smaller then it's probably fine! Yes, she's a little over a year old. She just seems small compared to the rooster. I got more...

Quote: Hmmm. Interesting. I just thought it looked big but I guess it's ok. She seems small compared to the roo even though she's a little over a year old.

Quote: I put the poultry grit in her coop this morning. It seems kind of big though. Can grit get stuck in them? I wonder if I should mix the chick grit and the poultry grit. It looks like the crop was smaller but I couldn't get a hold of her to feel it plus she also could have eaten...

Quote: Thanks. I looked up the Verm-x but the site doesn't say what kind of worms it kills unless I'm just missing it. At least they have easy dosage instructions. I might get the oyster when I take the chick grit back.

Quote: If I put it in her water the rooster won't get any. He drinks from misc. watering containers that the cats also drink from around the house. I was just looking up wormers and it seems the Valbazen is the good choice for overall worming and Ivermectin is good for mites. Maybe I'll...

Quote: It's suppose to go in their water but I will have to put in something like oatmeal to make sure they both get some. It's called Wazine 17. It seems it's mainly for roundworms and I don't really even know if she has that. I'm not sure what to do. I do know when I cleaned out her coop...

Quote: That's good to know. I was only looking in the poultry section. From what I read several people are happy using the Ivomec which I think is short for Ivermectine but I can't tell if they give it orally or if it soaks in to the skin like round-up does for dogs. I'm a little scared to...

Quote: Oyster shells aren't used in place of grit, just added. They're for calcium and they dissolve, so they don't work the same as grit which stays in the gizzard. If yours has no oyster shell in it, add some eggshells crushed up and that will do fine No, impacted crops don't kill...

Quote: Thank you. I hope your chicks get better. I feel just terrible though. I hate the thought of her suffering because of me. I was just looking back at the older pictures of her and her legs. She was attacked by a dog several times and a stray puppy actually had her in it's mouth one...

Quote: Thank you. I hope your chicks get better. I feel just terrible though. I hate the thought of her suffering because of me. I was just looking back at the older pictures of her and her legs. She was attacked by a dog several times and a stray puppy actually had her in it's mouth one...

Quote: I bought some Manna Pro chick grit today. It doesn't say anything about oyster shells. They had a separate bag of oyster shells but I just got the grit. I also bought some Manna Pro Poultry Protector which is all natural spray for mites but I really don't see how the active...

Quote: Thanks for the info. I found out I need to be giving grit too. I just threw a few handfuls of the Alfalfa on the ground to see if they ate it. They just pecked at it some but didn't seem to be that interested in it.