Thanks all for your sympathies! It really hurts to lose them because you spend so much time with them and they become family to you. I have researched all over the internet and locally as well and am quickly finding out that there is little known about chicken conditions and less willingness...
Unfortunately just got a call from home..she didn't make it...:-( I am so sad. First time I've lost one but when they get sick sometimes there just isn't much you can do. I have read a lot online lately and it appears that chickens are susceptible to so many things and it usually happens in a...
Sorry to hear about your loss..its always hard, isn't it? Unfortunately my little white leghorn hen is not doing well at all. I do not believe she is egg bound, but think it may have broken inside or something else happened. She seems to have an infection I think. Her back end is matted but...
Since posting this, I have isolated my chicken and put her in the barn in a large dog crate under a heat lamp. She is moving about some and eating some crumbles and sunflower seeds and I have also provided water with probiotics and electrolytes. She is not as hunched up as yesterday and her...
Hello! I have a white leghorn that is a little over a year old that is acting strangely. She has been in and out of her nest since yesterday and when she's out of the nest she puffs up and puts her head down. I thought she might be egg bound so I picked her up (with rubber gloves) and...