I just got some chicks in May, first time ever raising hens. The started laying a couple of weeks ago. Yesterday I noticed Ruby was not her normal self, she is not moving much- is very slow, half her face is swollen and the other side looks normal. Her comb is limp. Her breathing is laboured...
hello, i have a bantam that seems to be showing signs thats she is sick. Her tail is drooping, pale comb, and seems to be kind of like snorting for air and i can hear it. Im not sure if maybe it could be a respiratory infection. If so, what can i do to treat it?
Im really hoping she will be...
I have a 22 week old jersey giant hen and lately she’s just started doing weird gagging motions. I’ve also noticed that she feels a little thinner. She’s eating and drinking and her poop is normal. I don’t know what this could be.
I Noticed earlier one of my girls was just standing in the corner of the garden with her head down, so i put her in a crate to keep an eye on her, her crop was very empty and she isnt eating, checked on her half an hour later and her poo looks like egg yolk?!? She seemed to have perked up a bit...
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I have a small Rhode Island Red hen. She’s three years old and molted a little over a month ago. I think she hurt her leg jumping onto a perch and can’t balance completely. She and my two other hens have also stopped laying eggs. This hen is showing the “no more eggs” sign witha darkened...