Hello fellow chicken keepers! Apologies in advance for a long post...
I'm dealing with my first case of coccidiosis after having raised chickens with my family for years.
I have 3 1 month old chicks and found bloody, mucousy poo in their run yesterday morning. One chick is acting off and I've...
I’m at a loss of what to do here. Been cleaning daily, twice a day now with Epsom salt bath, cleansing spray, and Neosporin. Today is day three I’m worried, she is eating and displaying mostly normal behavior was dirt bathing when I came to clean her up. Keeping her separate also. Does anyone...
Hey everyone. First, I want to thank you all for your contributions to this site. You all have been so helpful to me over the years. I'm currently at a loss on which treatment route to go with my girl, Green. She's a Rhode Island Red, almost 3 years old. She's always sorta had a little bit of a...
Hello Everyone, can you please help with my situation, any advice or help is greatly appreciated, I love my hens.
I have over 50 of them and yesterday I noticed some shavings stuck to her butt, but didnt make much sense of it, as her sisters are starting to lay, i saw a broken egg in the nest...
I ask those that I give/sell eggs to, please let me know if the eggs is "weird". This is the first in years ... I know who laid it as I have only 3 hens, each laying a different color egg. The hen (1.5yr) who laid this egg had a soft shell egg in May and July, her eggs get odd shaped at times...
I so hope this girl doesn't die on me like my other hen. I literally just lost one a few days ago. Below is the link to that post and there are videos and pictures of Thumper last night and today.
She's been laying down several times starting yesterday afternoon. She's still walking around...
My Aunt has new chicks that arrived yesterday. She bought them form tractor supply and got them shipped. They have access to feed and water, the water has probiotics and electrolytes for the Sav a Chick brand. All of them had their beaks dipped in water. The temperature is good, they seem...
I went out to feed this morning and found my turkey hen had a prolapsed vent and her little jerk flock mates decided to peck it excessively. I clean it with Microsyn ah wound and skin Care hydrogel and put some hydrocortisone cream around the edges of her vent and attempted to gently push it...
I'm trying to convince myself it's pullet, however heard it crow & saw it crow :hmm It's a Marans/WTB (white splash) and according to the hatch date I was given when I got "her", it's 13wks today. The WTG (red/brown) is 15wks old, I'm sure that's a pullet.
Need your expertise ... I know it's...
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My 8 year old hen is having some major crop problems and I don’t know how to fix it. She won’t digest seeds so I brought her inside where for half of the day she eats fruits and lettuce and then the other half she free ranges.
she is now starting to poop out water and lettuce and grass...
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i am having some trouble identifying my hens illness. She is eight years old and is a new hampshire.
her symptoms are;
- white diarrhea poops with occasional green (bile). I had a sick hen with ascites who laid similar poops and it Had a distinct smell which is the same smell...
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I live in Florida and my chickens usually pant. I have had one in October breathe heavily and sneeze and in a week she died sadly. I know this is some sort of respiratory illness but I’m having trouble on treating it. I have given Doxy-Tyl and Baytril on separate occasions but I...
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I have an 8 year old hen who doesn’t seem to be doing too well. last year she had to come inside every few weeks for sour crop until she finally got pendulous crop. I put a crop bra on her and it seemed to help. Ever since then though, she has been having problems. The bra was...
Hi everyone,
my eight year old hen seems To be having some massive crop problems.
throughout the end of last year into this year she has been having to come in to be treated for sour crop and about two weeks later she would be back in for it.
at the beginning of last week, she started to show...
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I NEED HELP/a ADVICE!
Does anyone know how long I need to wait inbetween giving my girl a new antibiotic (Baytril) after giving her 10 days of her first antibiotic that didn’t work? (sulfamethoxazole trimethoprim)
Sorry for the long post, BUT......
I seem to be having an issue...
I will preface by saying that I am really screwed up... I start with the story of what happened and end with my plead for help.
We purchased two three week old splash silkie chicks to add to our flock of juvenile silkies from a wonderful small local hatchery. They supplied us with what we...
Can anyone help I have a silkie chick who has been limping for 2-3 weeks all his toes stay straight out and he holds it up when standing he cannot perch