Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Shadrach]

I get her to drink a little by putting the hose with running water in the chicken zone but she won't drink from the water bowl.
We're trying to get her to survive through another three days of deworming in case she has trachea worms but my guess is something worse.
We started her on metacalm this morning, she's really struggling any handling so I won't try force feeding her.

I've had good responses to Metacam in the past. What's more, the chickens don't object to eating it.

 

[Shadrach]

6.30 to 9.00 today. They were all hungry to the tune of 1.4 kilos of feed.
We need a bit of rain to bring the bugs up to the surface. It's a bit dry for interesting forage despite my weeding where the weeds kept a bit of moisture in the ground.

Great for dust bathing though.

 

[Sally PB]

The ones in the brooder like 9 eat so much. The can drain the feed in like a day.

Well, they are very busy growing...

 

[NatJ]

The ones in the brooder like 9 eat so much. The can drain the feed in like a day.

Have you looked under the bedding to see if very much is getting spilled?

Of course it is good to let them eat as much as they want, but some chicks are real experts at throwing the food out and wasting it.

 

[ManueB]

I've had good responses to Metacam in the past. What's more, the chickens don't object to eating it.

We gave it in liquid form with a syringe. I'm not sure I will continue as it didn't seem to make the pain better and she hates it when we force her to open her beak. Since she doesn't eat anything at all it's the only way to get it in her.

6.30 to 9.00 today. They were all hungry to the tune of 1.4 kilos of feed.
We need a bit of rain to bring the bugs up to the surface. It's a bit dry for interesting forage despite my weeding where the weeds kept a bit of moisture in the ground.
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Great for dust bathing though.
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Brown and grey seem to mix more and more!
Have some of the hens escaped again ?

 

[pennyJo1960]

Have you looked under the bedding to see if very much is getting spilled?

Of course it is good to let them eat as much as they want, but some chicks are real experts at throwing the food out and wasting it.

Every day. Not my first rodeo.

 

[Marie2020]

Hello everyone

It's been dry as a bone here so I know how you feel @Shadrach

 

[Marie2020]

Agatha doesn't like it when I leave her

 

[Marie2020]

The ones in the brooder like 9 eat so much. The can drain the feed in like a day.View attachment 3099440

Growing babies

 

[Marie2020]

SHRA TAx.View attachment 3098418

Such a beautiful creature