Recent content by guest226

Her beak keeps chipping more and more. Do I file down the jagged edge? Could it be a calcium deficiency?

My chicken broke the tip of her beak, no blood and no cracks. She’s acting fine but not eating because it hurts. When giving blueberries I noticed it because whenever she touched the blueberry she would open her beak like she was hurt . How do I help her? It seems to be the outer layer of her...

thanks for your help. poor clementine is suffering with cancer AND bumblefoot. I feel horrible!

Thank you. It did seem to soften the scab I ran out of time and had to something else. So it didn’t come off yet because I didn’t apply the hot towel for long enough. I’ll try tomorrow again. Also, do you think it’s ok that I gave her a painkiller (meloxicam) previously prescribed from the...

Thanks for the advice. I only have dawn extra strength. Will this be harmful?

Here is what it looks like. It’s like a really really hard scab and only the edges come off. I took off the edges on the other side but the hard center would not budge. Definitely a core. It won’t budge though.

The kernel isn’t coming out dispite me trying to grab it with tweezers. The scab peels off but the hard kernel is very stubborn. any advice? She does not let me turn her sideways and I can’t control her because i’m doing this alone. She does let me lift up her foot while she is standing, she’s...

She is a heavy bird so I would assume that’s why. Her body weight pulls her down. She only has to jump up onto a roost, she walks down a ladder to get to bed. I have all of the stuff from last time so I will repeat the process.

@Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock @azygous her feet a month ago

Hi all. My cochin had bad bumblefoot on both feet a month or two ago. It almost completely went away, the skin had healed. But then now she has two large scabs again on both feet!!! It feels like i can peel them off but they are hard. Does she have bumblefoot again?? Should I take off the...

Thanks. She actually did not poop at all tonight and her crop did not empty. She seems energetic and not lethargic, and she ate this morning. I’m going to give her coconut oil and massage her crop.

Thanks. I put a probiotic with digestive aid in their water. I’m hoping it’s only because she stopped eating as much. She has not been pooping very often too. In the roost I do not see any poop on the camera. Do you think she could be constipated, or is that unlikely?

She has cancer and is starting a molt, but she still eats and drinks. Her poops are tiny, but her crop still empties. She is not laying eggs (implanted) Is this a blockage, or just slower metabolism? This is her latest poop compared to my finger. Sorry to bother, @Eggcessive @azygous...

not sure. shes never been broody before, and if I can remember shes been doing this for about a year. I don't think her neck feathers have been growing back. She might be bored, but she doesn't pick on the other hens, and jumps around all the time. :) Ill just keep an eye on her.

3 year old EE is not molting, lays consistently. No head shaking or behavioral abnormalities. She’s a very happy girl, loves to eat and is very active. If you peek under her head long feathers she is essentially naked, but with the stems of the feathers still there. It’s like this under her...