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Thanks for responding! She was much more... feisty(?) than usual this morning when my husband and I (yeah, it takes 2 of us, LOL!) gave her her meds. Maybe all the extra sleep really is just part of her healing? She still hadn't touched her water when I let her out this morning, but she had...

My 6yo EE hen, Thirteen, got attacked by a dog on Tuesday evening. Her wounds looked really scary, so I treated her as best I could with what I had to work with (betadine and blukote) and tracked down an avian vet who saw her on Wednesday afternoon. Luckily, there is no damage to her internal...

You've given me hope! Thank you! What is the purpose of covering her food in grit? She's a bantam cochin. I feed them the layer pellets from Agway and they free range in my backyard for most of the day. I had her isolated this morning, but turned her out this afternoon to see what she would do...

Honestly- no. But it's the only thing repeated searches keep coming back to. She has the major symptoms: her belly is distended and hard, she waddles like a penguin, and her breathing is labored. BUT she'll eat if I offer her something from my hand, her comb and wattles are normal, she's...

Honestly- no. I got home from va

Does anyone in the Saratoga/Ballston Spa area have any experience with treating Ascites? I think my bantam hen may have it and would be willing to try and drain her belly, but I'm just not comfortable with trying it on my own. This is breaking my heart. I know the prognosis isn't great for...

Oh, if it matters, she is (very characteristically) NOT happy about being handled and is totally alert.

So- I got home from a week long vacation late last night. When I went out to check on the chickens this morning, my 4yo bantam hen, Olga, was standing by herself in the run and quite puffed up. When I picked her up to bring her in the house, I noticed that her belly is hard (it feels like a...

Thanks! I called the town office this morning. The lady who answered didn't know the answer, so she took my name and number and will pass it along to the "Code Enforcer" who is supposed to call me sometime tonight. Keep us in your thoughts! I am a nervous wreck over this! The thought of...

Hi Saratoga area BYC'ers! I am your soon to be new neighbor!! We are a military family that are packing up and heading over to Ballston Spa, from Salem CT, sometime in July (in theory anyway, lol!). I've been looking at the zoning maps for both Ballston Spa and Milton and am trying to figure...

I have an almost 3yo EE hen (Doris) who, as a general rule, does not like to be handled. She didnt come out with the rest of the flock when I let them out this morning. I checked on her and found her just standing on the roost, staring off into space. She didnt really react when I picked her up...

Just wanted to post an update on Stig for anyone interested. Today was the first day in 2 weeks that her vent was closed and dry when I checked her this morning! If she stays that way through tomorrow, I'm going to call it a complete recovery! Of course, between messing with her cycle and...

Okay. I've got a call in to the only avian vet in my area & HOPEFULLY she can give me the Nystatin w/o a consultation. Otherwise I'll look into ordering the medistatin. In the mean time, I've given her a solution of Epsom salts & water (to get things started) and sprinkled the same probiotic...

Wow! I'm looking at the pictures and description on the link. The pictures and symptoms fit Stig exactly! THANK YOU!!!

I've been treating my 2yr old (today!!!) serama hen, Stig, for a prolapsed vent since Friday and have not seen an egg from her since Saturday evening (its now Thursday). I've been keeping her in a dark hospital pen in the house and tending to her vent once or twice a day with Preparation H and...

My husband got orders to Charleston. We're moving there this fall. My first response to this news? "I'm not giving up my chickens. They're going with us." So... fellow flock keepers. I need advice on where to start our search for a house in the Goose Creek/North Charleston area. We need to be...

I'm really glad to have found this thread and will be watching it closely! My husband just got orders to Goose Creek and my first comment was, "The chickens ARE going with us!". Its not definite yet- he's trying to delay it for a year so we can sell our current house, but I've been house...

LOL! This thread sort of died, but it would be fun to resurrect it. The Stig is all grown up now. She has turned into quite the funny & athletic little bantam hen who totally owns her name! I'll have to post a picture after she gets a bath when it warms up! So... *ahem* "Some say she knows...

... to all of the companies who bought my address just so they could send me junk mail. Thanks to them, I dont have to pay for material to line my nest boxes... or any bedding for my coop, for that matter. It all comes nicely hand delivered into my mailbox, every day, & all I have to do is run...

I am fairly certain my girls "know" when its spaghetti night. The next morning they are right there ready for their leftovers and not a single one tries to sneak through the door! They're happy with pretty much any sort of leftovers, but they love mac n' cheese, rice, yogurt, most veggis, pizza...