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- Sep 12, 2021
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I hope someone knows what's up and it isn't serious!
Came to sit out on the deck, watching the chickens and my 3yr old leghorn is walking around, scratching, pecking ,energetic, acting normal, red comb. Then vomits milky looking liquid, then moments later does it again! I've never seen this before!
I will say, we were away visiting family for a few weeks and the people watching our chickens disregarded all of my instructions on feeding and water! And they gave them WAY too many mealworms (kicking myself for not hiding the bag, even though I specified they were a very infrequent treat)
It's been hot here and just cooled down today, been around 20c/71f almost all day
I also have a couple of hens pooping liquid, almost clear when you see it come out, but looks like wet grassy bits of green or something on the ground. They're still eating from what I can see.
One favourite hen seemed to be doing this after the same people watched our flock in June, but was doing fine overall except these wet poops. She died in their care while we were away this last trip through August.
What's going on? Could they be related? Or separate issues? The leghorn is not one of the ones with runny poop.
I had 2 hens die this spring, both had severe prolapse, one got better, was doing great and the weather turned cold for a week or so and she went downhill fast and passed away, the other we euthanized because the prolapse was so severe and none of my efforts to help her we're making a dent in the issue and she was in pain. She particularly always had weak shells and maybe never made use of the oyster shell I keep out for them. (Both were 3yrs old)
After this we switched feeds from the local guys layer grain mix we have always used, seems to have diminished in quality as of late and maybe not enough calcium, to an 18% pellet layer feed with built-in calcium in July after lots of reading up on things.
I wormed them in the spring and they always (when we're home) get ground herbs and DE in their feed and ACV and fresh garlic in their water.
I dusted the whole chicken run and dust baths with DE in June/early July, as well as the coop, perches and nest boxes.
I usually give them scraps from my plants, weeds like chicory and grass that get out of control and kitchen veggies as well as having a mesh bag of hay for them to pick away at because I can't free-range them where we are.
I've given them colloidal silver in the past during periods of stress or if I had concerns but in 3.5 years of chicken keeping, I've never seen so many issues!
Everyone is acting normal except my broodies and the one hen who thinks she's a roo and keeps mounting the other hens! (This is new behaviour since bylaw said we can't have roos even though we're rural and had to get rid of both of ours in June)
Came to sit out on the deck, watching the chickens and my 3yr old leghorn is walking around, scratching, pecking ,energetic, acting normal, red comb. Then vomits milky looking liquid, then moments later does it again! I've never seen this before!
I will say, we were away visiting family for a few weeks and the people watching our chickens disregarded all of my instructions on feeding and water! And they gave them WAY too many mealworms (kicking myself for not hiding the bag, even though I specified they were a very infrequent treat)
It's been hot here and just cooled down today, been around 20c/71f almost all day
I also have a couple of hens pooping liquid, almost clear when you see it come out, but looks like wet grassy bits of green or something on the ground. They're still eating from what I can see.
One favourite hen seemed to be doing this after the same people watched our flock in June, but was doing fine overall except these wet poops. She died in their care while we were away this last trip through August.
What's going on? Could they be related? Or separate issues? The leghorn is not one of the ones with runny poop.
I had 2 hens die this spring, both had severe prolapse, one got better, was doing great and the weather turned cold for a week or so and she went downhill fast and passed away, the other we euthanized because the prolapse was so severe and none of my efforts to help her we're making a dent in the issue and she was in pain. She particularly always had weak shells and maybe never made use of the oyster shell I keep out for them. (Both were 3yrs old)
After this we switched feeds from the local guys layer grain mix we have always used, seems to have diminished in quality as of late and maybe not enough calcium, to an 18% pellet layer feed with built-in calcium in July after lots of reading up on things.
I wormed them in the spring and they always (when we're home) get ground herbs and DE in their feed and ACV and fresh garlic in their water.
I dusted the whole chicken run and dust baths with DE in June/early July, as well as the coop, perches and nest boxes.
I usually give them scraps from my plants, weeds like chicory and grass that get out of control and kitchen veggies as well as having a mesh bag of hay for them to pick away at because I can't free-range them where we are.
I've given them colloidal silver in the past during periods of stress or if I had concerns but in 3.5 years of chicken keeping, I've never seen so many issues!
Everyone is acting normal except my broodies and the one hen who thinks she's a roo and keeps mounting the other hens! (This is new behaviour since bylaw said we can't have roos even though we're rural and had to get rid of both of ours in June)
