Hi, found my silkie hen stood outside in the rain when putting them to bed, her face is very swollen and has gunk in her eyes and nostrals, no signs of injury. I thought this may be a respiratory infection but she's not sneezing, gurgling or gasping for air. Haven't been able to cheak on them...
One of my ex-battery hens has been on "palliative" care and anti-inflammatory medicatiom for almost 2 weeks now and had been absolutely fine up until this morning (she even laid a proper shelled egg the other day). But now, she isn't leaving the coop, is puffed up and isn't eating at all. I...
I've been keeping hens since March of this year. They're rescue ex-batts and I have already lost 2 of the 5 I started with, been to the vets with another and now one of the others is unwell. I've dealt with a lot since keeping them - the first prolapsed after one week so I had to learn things...