What did your chickens do today?

[risk]

Can anyone tell me if onions are bad for. chickens to eat them? My hen eat some onions the other day and yesterday she started to act sick like... please if anyone could help. thanks

 

[cukooman217]

I give my chickens all kinds of cut up veg. And onions as well with no ill effect to them.were they raw or cooked mine were raw, they didn't bother with them much but did eat some.

 

[risk]

I give my chickens all kinds of cut up veg. And onions as well with no ill effect to them.were they raw or cooked mine were raw, they didn't bother with them much but did eat some.

the onions was raw. I sure hope I can find out what's wrong with my hen...

 

[chicknmania]

Can anyone tell me if onions are bad for. chickens to eat them? My hen eat some onions the other day and yesterday she started to act sick like... please if anyone could help. thanks

Post this in the emergencies section, you will get more answers there. When you post it, say what your hen is doing..what symptoms she has.

 

[risk]

Post this in the emergencies section, you will get more answers there.  When you post it, say what your hen is doing..what symptoms she has.

thank u and I will try to do that. hopefully the mobile would work

 

[MyPetNugget]

My chickens got to free range all afternoon without getting eaten by a hawk.

 

[Angelicisi]

They showed up the cat yesterday

 

[LittleBits]

My ladies got to eat a pumpkin today. I just cut it in half, loosened up the guts, and let them have fun.

Two of my six have to spend the night in a secondary coop and they were none too pleased with me. I think I may have one brown egg layer who is not laying, so I am going to try and figure out who the lazy bird is.

Yesterday afternoon, I gave ours a pumpkin, too...and guess who turned up their noses, I mean beaks! Several ate a few seeds and some picked at the meaty part, but generally, they ignored it. I thought the seeds might be too big, so I even took the rest of the seeds and put them in the blender to chop them up a bit. Then they ate a few more, but there was still a lot of left in the pan this morning. One or two pecked the seed open themselves and ate it then. My chickens are fussy girls! (Or maybe they're lazy!) But is sure was funny watching them try to eat the stringy part! They entertained me for the little time they were trying it out!

 

[chickenlover247]

My Chickens Flapping around in Heaven

:<(

 

[risk]

[COLOR=0000FF]Greenie died last night. For the past 2 days, she's had a problem with her vent - looked like her whole insides were coming out. The whole thing was as big as a good sized plum. I had a feeling that she wouldn't make it. After all she's gone through, she died from something else. Tried putting it back in lots of times, but it would all pop out again. It was bleeding and she was not acting normal. Just standing in a corner of her pen. When I shut them up for the night, she was still standing there so I put her on her roost. I went out to check on her at about 11 pm and she was still on the roost, standing, not squatting down like normal. This morning, around 7, I went out to feed and she was gone. I am so sad. We are not having luck at this chicken venture. Starting with 16 hens this past April, now have 9 left. 3 died from unknown reasons, 3 to a predator in the coop, and Greenie from whatever was wrong with her insides. She is now buried in our chicken graveyard out in the woods. I guess that's all part of it . . . [/COLOR]

[COLOR=0000FF]I wonder if the others will miss seeing her through the fence between their runs...[/COLOR]

[COLOR=0000FF]Another one acting funny, too. But she is molting - feathers finally coming back in.  [/COLOR][COLOR=FF0000]Will they act this way when they're molting?[/COLOR][COLOR=0000FF] She's keeping to herself. Last 2 nights I found her in a nesting box so put her back on the roost next to Mr. Roo, where she snuggled right in. Probably for warmth. Eating and drinking fine as far as I can tell. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=0000FF]I think it's gonna be a long day. When I get home, I'm gonna look at the thread "What is this chicken thinking..." - it always cheers me up! That'll be AFTER I check on my chickies.[/COLOR]

so sorry to hear this news. its so sad... I have a RIR hen that isn't doing so good and I'm hoping she would be okay....