mamahen2015
Hatching
Hello. I'm a new member however have scoured over other people's posts for some time.
I bought 3 australorp hens (I presume hens) almost a week ago now that are aged 9-14 weeks. They have settled in ok however I noticed yesterday the 14 week old girl has had a runny nose. It appears to be sticky in substance, but clear. She seems fine, eating drinking scratching and digging etc. pooh seemed a little runnier today than previously noted. Normal color. Also she is sneezing and the 9 wk old is sneezing also.
I have rattled my brain trying to figure out what it could be but I am honestly so lost. I don't know what to treat her for... I can't separate them because I have nowhere to confine her to! They've been together the full week so I am presuming if it's an illness they will all have it by now.
They are in an enclosed coop, and inside their coop they have a house they roost in and I lock it after they put themselves to bed and unlock it at 7am to come out whenever they wish (usually when I wake them).
Any suggestions? What can I do to get them healthy? I've tried contacting the breeder but she won't reply to me
I feed them pallets (the ones you give before the layer pallets) and j made up a mash of brown rice, a can of tuna in brine, carrots peas and corn, and cabbage as well.
They seem to really like that. They eat this at the end of the day and eat their normal food through the day.
Don't know what j can do to help them. They are pets for us and not for anything else so I really don't want to lose any
I bought 3 australorp hens (I presume hens) almost a week ago now that are aged 9-14 weeks. They have settled in ok however I noticed yesterday the 14 week old girl has had a runny nose. It appears to be sticky in substance, but clear. She seems fine, eating drinking scratching and digging etc. pooh seemed a little runnier today than previously noted. Normal color. Also she is sneezing and the 9 wk old is sneezing also.
I have rattled my brain trying to figure out what it could be but I am honestly so lost. I don't know what to treat her for... I can't separate them because I have nowhere to confine her to! They've been together the full week so I am presuming if it's an illness they will all have it by now.
They are in an enclosed coop, and inside their coop they have a house they roost in and I lock it after they put themselves to bed and unlock it at 7am to come out whenever they wish (usually when I wake them).
Any suggestions? What can I do to get them healthy? I've tried contacting the breeder but she won't reply to me
I feed them pallets (the ones you give before the layer pallets) and j made up a mash of brown rice, a can of tuna in brine, carrots peas and corn, and cabbage as well.
They seem to really like that. They eat this at the end of the day and eat their normal food through the day.
Don't know what j can do to help them. They are pets for us and not for anything else so I really don't want to lose any
