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We see that constantly, don't we? "Your chicken probably has X, but I'm just a newbie myself, don't even have my chickens yet."

I have used Avia Charge 2000 plus flax seed for mine at different times. I don't know what "treats" are, never really understood the concept for chickens, unless it's when they want to eat some of what I have, LOL. I give them good feed and supplement them with extra protein or something I can...

Gosh, I don't know if you remember my blue Ameraucana hen, Nora, who died this year at 6 1/2 years old. She laid good eggs her first two or three years, but then, she started with the paper thin ones that would break in the nests. She'd eat calcium and I'd give them vitamins and still, terrible...

And, then again, a faded shell color can have nothing to do with IB, or any disease, at all. That is actually completely normal for shell color to fade as the laying season wears on. And thin shells are not unusual in hot summers when water needs are high, either. I just don't want people to...

I'm not saying it's 100% impossible to have EDS here in the U.S. however, most everything I've read says it is not here. If it is, it is so very rare that it's not worrisome at this point in time. Probably another cause is what to look for.

The fact is that there are numerous reasons for soft shelled eggs and eggs dropped off roosts that are not due to actual disease. There are no waterfowl around here anywhere, wild birds do not reside in my coops, though once awhile back, a wren must have flown in through the pop door just as we...

Couldn't have said it better myself, Suzie.

I could let them all leave, sell off or die off, and then never have anymore chickens. Perish the thought! I can't even imagine being without them now.

I'd also like to see your xrays, Jennifer.

Quote: None of mine were vaccinated for anything and most all my hatchery hens and a couple of daughters of hatchery hens died from EYP and/or internal laying. Apparently, we don't have Egg Drop Syndrome here in the U.S.-that is a specific disease, not just soft and shell-less eggs. Article...

She had two bantam hens, one she got from me over two years ago, suddenly look peaked and lethargic. She found mites on both, but not their rooster, cleaned out the entire coop area, brought the worst one in the house whose head was twisting around backwards, like she couldn't hold it up. It was...

Dear Lord, Karen, you're having the 2014 that Cetawin and I are experiencing-lots of stuff happening at once, everything seemingly related, but nothing related, a ton of coincidence, scary stuff and enough to drive you batty! I'm so sorry, I wish I had something to offer! My only theory is that...

Wow. She was internally laying in a big way-the first picture is classic nasty cheesy masses of infection and yolk all cooked together. They call it either salpingitis or egg coelomitis, not sure if the terms are interchangeable but as far as I can tell, they are. It's caused by ecoli...

I'm so sorry. I know how this feels. Me, too, Kathy.

If nothing else, you will make her feel more comfortable by removing excess fluid, though at times, in the past, when I've tried to drain a hen with a huge belly, the pressure can push on her crop and other organs and she will seem to be choking so we have to stop and let her catch her breath...

I just found time to look for this thread, Karen. When Suede was dying two years ago and his poop was very runny and seemed to burn his skin, he got a minor/superficial fly strike and since my friend had just had a hen with a major fly strike, I knew what to do, per advice of her own vet. If...