I went out to see my chickens and my 2 year old wyandotte had laid an egg in the middle of her dust bath area. (not normal) She was standing a few feet away with a little bit of poop under her butt, clearly straining to poop more. When she did, something bright red came out with the poop...
I wasn't home this past weekend so I had my mom feed my 4 pekins and lock them in their little coop at night. I got home yesterday at around noon only to behold the ghastliest sight.. I found one of my pekins with a SEVERE prolapsed vent... with her instenstine dragging on the ground.... there...
My one year old golden comet Dixie, always had a small calcium deficiency, and she is a larger hen.
She has access to oyster shell, and I give my hens booster vitamin once a week to all my hens in their waterer.
Yesterday, I found a blown out soft shell egg and couldn’t figure out who laid it...
Hi guys, we need some pretty urgent help regarding a chicken, the local vet wasn't much help as they basically said that the vent needs to go back inside or the chicken put down, but we're really struggling to get it back in. We think the large intestine has also come out of her as we can see...
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I am worried about one of my chickens. Yesterday morning I went out to check on her, and noticed that her lower abdomen (between her legs and vent) was really swollen, and it felt like she had an egg in there. I tried doing the whole bath treatment for an eggbound hen, but as I put her in...
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So I came out to visit my girls this afternoon... and noticed my one hen was having a real hard time in the nesting box. She had a lot of caked / poop, so we took her in... gave her the spa treatment and got her mostly cleaned up. BUT her vent doesn’t appear normal to me. Is this a...
Hi, I recently ordered 32 bantam day old chicks from a hatchery online of various breeds, and when I recived then I noticed a few had pasty butt so I cleaned it off, I then noticed one of the chicks had a prolapsed vent. (I am unsure as to the sex of this bird and don’t know if this would lead...
One of our 4 month old Leghorn pullets seems to have something hanging out of her vent. She seems fine, clear eyes, active, pooping fine, and eating and drinking enough; but what we thought was pasty butt looks like something else. We soaked her and tried to use a toothbrush to massage it out...
I have an old girl I took in knowing she would not be producing regularly, intended to make her my first experience at culling my flock. She is so sweet and friendly that I learned that I will not be able to cull my own hens when the time comes.
The issue I have is she has laid in spurts...
1) What type of bird , age and weight.
Leghorn who is 2 years she's the same weight as the other... not sure. Her name is Martina see our profile pic :))
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
She's moving around fine. I noticed yesterday that her bum was covered in poo. This morning my housemates...
Hello, I have a heartbreaking question that I would love to get advice on.
My bantam hen is about 5 years old, one of my brooder mamas whose idea of a perfect life is to sit in her nest box all day. She is still laying and hasn't had any trouble before.
Today I notice her vent was extremely...