Hey y’all! I wanted some advice on treating my hen, Frida. She’s a five year old buff brahma hen who lives indoors and free ranges most of the day most days. She was hand raised along with her sisters, is very bonded to me and my partner, and is the sole survivor of a raccoon attack we lost both...
abdomen swollen
abnormal droppings
air in abdomen
bloated abdomen
decrease egg production
decreased appetite
gas
lack of appetite
stomach bloating
yellow urates
My darling Pomona (lavender Orpington hen, a little over two years old) has been having crop issues that we've been observing for two weeks, with a vet visit in between. We don't know what's going on, and would appreciate some guidance. I've written all our observations for background, but...
I have recently switched to a gas range from a glass top electric. I do a lot of canning. The canner I was using says to not exceed 12,000 BTUs. The burners on my gas range are all 15,000 to 18,000 BTUs. My husband says that turning down the burners will change the BTUs. I say it won't work...
I have been trying to handle our poults (2 weeks old and 3 weeks old) as often as I can to keep them "friendly". I was holding one today and it sounded like it has "gas". The poult just stood there with audible gas noises from about 3 feet away. I anticipated a big poo nothing happened. I had 2...
I got new chicks recently and for the most part they are doing fine. However one day my cat slipped in and grabbed a Brahma chick, I managed to give him a smack and make him drop the chick. (Please note that I didn't hurt the cat.) At first she was limping, but her leg wasn't broken. Now she...