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I want to thank everyone for the advice and encouragement with Bella. This has been a learning experience for sure! Hopefully I can help others in future.

Update on Bella. I had to have her put down. The doctor was very good. He owns large birds (african grey, cockatoo) and is familiar with chickens too. He did and x-ray of her and showed me; it was pretty cool. The hen had other underlying problems such as kidney issues and her one lung...

Still no improvement on Bella. Husband brought out the box with the lid (he was going to euthanize her by hooking the box up to his truck exhaust and chicken would just go to sleep). When I started to cry he relented but didn't want to help with surgery. SO, I found my old vet that used to...

Thank you for your response. I have been putting her on my lap and closing my eyes to "feel" the crop as I massage it. I have not tried olive oil as I couldn't figure out how to get it in her. So many horror stories of liquids going into their lungs! I'll try the bread cubes soaked in olive...

I'm hoping someone has some advice this morning. I have a 2 1/2 yr old barred rock hen who has an impacted crop. I noticed it Sunday and pulled her in the house for some TLC. I've done everything suggested in the boards: massage the crop, given her plain probiotic yogurt mixed with no sugar...

Good choice to quit smoking. I quit 3 years ago after smoking on and off for 25 years. After the nicotine comes out of your system it DOES get easier. I quit cold turkey because I felt like doing the step-down method was just prolonging my addiction. Thing to remember is that when you...

Welcome! I also am from South Jersey. Got my first chicks back in May and have been amazed at what a wonderful experience this has been. Love my girls, I have 6 and I get 4 - 5 eggs a day. Pets that give me breakfast! Love it! DH tolerates my madness and cares about their well-being. Who...

Hello All. I'm new to the forum and a chicken owner since May this year. Today's heat index in NJ is going to be around 120 degrees F...way too hot for man or beast. I've been cooling my girls in their tractor with icewater in a pan, occassional misting of the ground, cold veggie treats...

Hello! I am new to the forum though I have lurked for a while. Today I picked up my first little day old feather babies; six barred plymouth rock babies that are way too cute! So far so good, everyone is eating and drinking. Good thing I took off work today because I surely wouldn't get...