Recent content by TillyPeeps

Yeah, large pink comb and slow feather development indicate it's a cockerel.

The same thing happened to me last year. All my tomato plants except one yellow pear were killed. Some of them were rare types I was trying. I had to buy some common tomato plants from TSC and Lowes. Hope yours' will survive.

Some chickens will have spring/summer molting, especially if she didn't have a molt during winter.

Yeah, unfortunately, cancer is extremely common in laying hens. She doesn't seem to have any infection. If deworming not work, cancer would be the most likely reason.

You can try to give her stool softener docusate sodium. one pill a day for two days. When my hen has impacted crop and massaging didn't work, this usually would help her bowel movement and then got the blockage moving out of her digestion system.

You are luckier than my friend who bought 7 "sexed ameraucana pullets" at TSC and got 4 EE roos and 3 EE hens. That's why I would never get any chickens from TSC.

No, it's not Marek's. Marek's usually starts at an older age (at least 10 week old) and is very rare for younger chicks. You may want to treat for coccidiosis with Corid. Medicated chick feed doesn't have enough dosage to treat coccidiosis outbreak. Also check your feed to see if it's moldy...

The food is fine. I even don't wet it, since my girl doesn't like her chick feed wet. The crumbles will not clog her digestion system. No, you shouldn't stop giving her food/water. Food/water intake will help her digestion system moving.

I would suggest you try corid in water first. If crop massaging and Corid didn't do the trick, then start docusate sodium for 2 days.

Did you give her some probiotics? Also, it sounds odd, but I found some chickens has food allergies. If your chicken feed has soybean in it, it could cause food allergy.

I found Milky Spore is the best solution for Japanese beetles. When I moved in my last two houses, there were hundreds of Japanese beetles showed up the first year. After I apply Milky Spore, less than half amount showed up the next year and very few after that. I just caught these few by hands...

Continue to give her coconut/olive oil and massage 5~10 minutes several times a day. If there's no improvement, give her docusate sodium one gel or pill per day in addition to oil/massaging. Don't forget to give her probiotics everyday. Plain yogurt will work.

Did you deworm them recently? Check for mite and lice too. For adult chickens, corridiosis outbreak is rare.

I used to love fish fertilizer until racoons fall in love with it too recently. They dug everything out including my young pear trees to looking for fish!

I have a hen with impact/sour crop on and off for a couple of months now. I followed azygous's article to treat her at first, and then I only isolate her with water and chick feed and give her some olive/ coconut oil and massage for 5~10 minutes a few times a day when her crop feel squishy at...