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I am needing advice/suggestions on figuring out what is wrong with two of my hens and my male turkey. They all seem to be lethargic....standing or even lying down in the daytime in the middle of the yard. (They are free range and roam all day) The two chickens are even closing their...
Thank you for the reply....I did read that it was rare and none of our other chickens seem to be exhibiting the same signs...making me think it was just her. I will call the vet in the morning. Hopefully they can get it figured out. Thanks again.
She also has water poop with white and green in it. I cleaned her vent out...she did look a little blocked but I thought if that was the only problem, she wouldn't be having the throat symptoms.
She can stand, but is wobbly and would rather just sit. She does not have any crustiness or secretions from eyes and nose. An update since earlier: She is opening one eye and eating and drinking!! So wonderful but at the same time she still seems to be struggling. I have noticed she is shaking...
These are pictures of my hen that has been having some problems for several days now and took a serious turn for the worse this morning, when I found her sitting in the middle of the chicken house with her eyes closed and she wouldn't move. We noticed about a week ago she was walking funny and...
I am needing advice. I have a mama hen who has 1 chick about 3-4 weeks old. But, she is also sitting on 4 eggs that are close to hatching. She had 6 to begin with....1 hatched the other day and was dead when I found it. Then, one hatched today and had a bad wound from pecking or something so I...
Just a note...I did go ahead and bring the chick in and put it under heat lamp. Also, a few days ago, another egg had hatched and we found a very new dead chick by her. The feathers were not fluffed and it also had something happen to its head. Could she really be trying to kill these chicks...
Hello, I have a very confusing situation. I have a mama hen who has been sitting for almost 2 months. She had one chick hatch about 3-4 weeks ago, but continued to get eggs that were at different stages. She was sitting on 5 eggs that we had no idea the stages of. I candled them and could see...
I am also looking for either a Narragansett or Bronze turkey hen. We have a male Narragansett and trying to find a mate. As long as the hen is at least 6 months or so, old enough it can safely be with our older gobbler. Let me know if you have one you are interested in selling and the price.
I am looking for 1 or2 polish crested hens and/or 1 or2 frizzle hens. They do not have to be older, just old enough to be out on their own outside and in the coop. We currently have 2 polish crested hens...not much more than 2 months old. My son lost one and is really hoping for another and both...
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I am having a dilema with our baby chick. There were 2 and its hatch mate died overnight, so it is now alone. None of our mama hens will take it in as their own, so it is just in the chicken house.
My concern is that it is getting cold....below 30 degrees here and am wondering if the...
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I have some questions about 2 baby chicks I have raised. We raised them from the day they hatched and they have just recently went into the chicken house. Not sure how old...probably close to 2 months. I found one of them dead this morning in the chicken house. I noticed before I put them...
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I am needing advice on one of my hens who is partially egg bound/and maybe prolapsed. She had the egg shell hanging off her rear, and it is now gone, but what is left is the soft, rubbery part of the egg. It is hanging out her vent, which is protruded out. She is not fully prolapsed, as...
Hello, I have a very unique situation and hoping someone on here could shed some light on it.
We just lost our turkey hen today with her 9 babies. She had 2 eggs left on her nest, so we decided to put them under our broody chicken, who is also sitting on 5 chicken eggs. We have no idea when...
I guess we will just have to figure it out. She is extremely protective right now. I tried to look at one of her babies yesterday and she almost attacked me. So..hoping we can trick her into cage with corn. Just worried all 9 babies may run around and it could be hard to get them. Oh well....we...
Scoop her up...that sounds easier said than done. :) Here is an idea my husband had...what do you think? Take the dog kennel to where she is at...put corn in it...hope she will go in it. Being right there, have another cage ready for all the babies so we don't have to open up her cage. Carry...
They were a surprise hatch.
If I were to move her and the babies to our chicken coop ( where she hasn't been in over a month), what would be the best way of doing that? Do I catch her first with a blanket so she doesn't see me getting the babies or what?
We have a small kennel that we can...
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I am in desperate need of some advice. Our female Narangassett has been sitting on a nest in our field for a month and we just found out yesterday that she has 9 chicks that are only a few days old. She has moved them to various places around the yard and while she seems to be...
I am needing some advice on a turkey egg that our hen has. She laid 12 eggs and has a nest on the ground right outside our house. Only 1 of the 12 was fertilized or started to form into an embryo...so that egg is in her nest by itself. Normally this wouldn't be a problem. However, she also has 2...