Hello! We have a small backyard flock of 5 black maran chickens. We got them as chicks in the summer from TSC and have begun laying eggs as of 4 weeks ago.
One of the birds has begun to gently, but repeatedly cry out repeatedly in a way that seems she is in distress or discomfort.
These symptoms were noticed early this morning. Our other 4 girls are fine. We’ve picked her up and there is no sign of any bleeding, injury, broken bones, no beak bubbles or other sign of trauma.
We live in Canada (southern Ontario) and it is chilly but they live in a shed converted to a coop with a fenced door.
Today we have seen that she’s been eating and drinking normally and pooping.
We would prefer to treat ourselves if possible. We are a border town with the USA so I can easily pop to the states for supplies if needed.
I’ve attached a video my husband took at coop clean today. Their coop is a mix of sand and wood shavings
Last week their heat lamp broke and the new one didn’t arrive until today, But temps have been between 6 & 9 degrees Celsius this week.
is she in distress? And if so, how can we help? We’ve read good and bad things about VetRx and silver in the water but would love opinions. We really enjoy our girls and I’m quite worried this one is hurting.
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One of the birds has begun to gently, but repeatedly cry out repeatedly in a way that seems she is in distress or discomfort.
These symptoms were noticed early this morning. Our other 4 girls are fine. We’ve picked her up and there is no sign of any bleeding, injury, broken bones, no beak bubbles or other sign of trauma.
We live in Canada (southern Ontario) and it is chilly but they live in a shed converted to a coop with a fenced door.
Today we have seen that she’s been eating and drinking normally and pooping.
We would prefer to treat ourselves if possible. We are a border town with the USA so I can easily pop to the states for supplies if needed.
I’ve attached a video my husband took at coop clean today. Their coop is a mix of sand and wood shavings
Last week their heat lamp broke and the new one didn’t arrive until today, But temps have been between 6 & 9 degrees Celsius this week.
is she in distress? And if so, how can we help? We’ve read good and bad things about VetRx and silver in the water but would love opinions. We really enjoy our girls and I’m quite worried this one is hurting.
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