Did the rock garden get clever and learn to remove screws?I have come to the conclusion, that my chicken friends are completely crazy! I’m thinking that it’s probably the living situation that they are in. Seems like everybody In this Valley, are missing a few screws in their machines! (Just my opinion)
We need the water. Please do!No, I win. I can fly over you, and drop water balloons!
I don’t let my chooks borrow my tools!
Yes. Got them all!
Lilly is over 6 years old. She lays 2 or 3 eggs a year.
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I'm not great with abbreviations. PCOS?It looks like there is some labored breathing...the amount her body is moving...but she seems calm and isn't acting like she is uncomfortable. ??
So, just a shot in the dark...especially given her age. Could she have PCOS? I had a hen like this. At the end she really had difficulty breathing. At first I thought ascities because the abdomen was a but distended, too...but had not vet to consult & I was terrified of syringing fluid out improperly & hitting an orgam/intestinal track. When she passed I did an informal autopsy. She was FILLED with 23 clear (all but 2) fluid sacs...ranging in size from a pea up to golf ball size! She was 5. (DC) I read after that approx. 20% of hens 5 & up fed non-organic feed will get this. I no longer remember f soy played a role, too, or not. This hen had standard/non-organic feed for the first 2 years of her life. After that I had been feeding organic almost exclusively (I couldn't find a good organic scratch, so that wasn't organic for another year or two,)
I will see if I can find the article again. I had saved it in my browser, but that computer died last spring.
Poor baby.This is Soda getting a bum bath & her ulceration treated.
Her comb & wattles are a lot paler now but I haven't a recent photo. She's been skittish since the bathing.
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