well her joint isnt swollen...but has greenish color on it now.......she is so sweet waits for me every moring to set her out of the hen house ( its 18+ inches off the ground....i think that is the only thing that really worries me, is if i am not home she we stay in hen house all day. it is...
She is doing the same so happy to see me..but waits for me to lift her out of the house..lol.....my daughter is home today so we are gunna clean her up and check her leg out.and check for mites/lice.......i havent seen any but maybe im not looking in the right spot. I will try to post the pic...
ok i will look at chart for sure.....and try yogurt and tuna right away.....I can shut their house at night there is a little door they go in that would stop any draft at night. I just left it open because the rooster was up before me and i dint want him to hurt the hens if i didnt get out...
Big mama, had lost some weight .... We had a Roster and I got rid of him 2 weeks ago...he wasnt mean but with Alice and her leg I didnt want to risk him hurting her....but with Big Mama I could tell she was smaller than she was but she was eating when I would go out there, (about 2-3 times a...
Oh my gosh they are amazing....I just lost one last night. ( her name was Big Mama) I thought the kids would think I finally lost it if they saw me cry over her so I keep it together, but they both ran out to see who it was and even my sons bestfriend came out and was like "come here mom and let...
I dont know how she hurt herself But at the joint , it is bigger I think it feels like a callous now. She Usually sits at the door of the hen house to get the sun. I go in the coop and set her to the ground in the mornings then she eats and lays under house with the other hens till she gets...
I have a 7 month old Light Brahma..she hurt her legs a few weeks back and she isnt getting better. I can bend it down but she wont put pressure on it so she hops around and sits....she eats, drinks and hops over to get up in my arms as soon as i enter the chicken coop. I was wondering if i...
Ok i will get wormer. Also are the lice/mites easy to see......I hold and love on my chickens everyday...could I get it as well?
If it is the cocci, is that curable and how did they get it........I just want to make sure they are getting everything i can give them for their health and safety...
I have light brahmas 4 females one rooster. I just gave our rooster away 2 weeks ago, and just learned he had a heart attack. I didnt think anything about it till I found one of my females dead tonight. She had lost weight, this last month or so. I could feel she was very light when I...