Recent content by pengimama

In Newark, Licking County, hoping to find someone who would be interested in going halves at TSC chick days. I spoke to TSC and the chicks come in next week. We don't need 6 layers (family of three) and I just want to add a few birds to our current flock. [email protected]

Agreed with pp on all counts. Keep him in the coop and he will eventually learn that he lives there. A definite NO to heating the coop. It causes WAY more harm than good and can make your roo very ill. We learned by watching my old landlord do this to her coop. She lost a good portion of her...

Well, it ended up the sour crop wasn't our main problem. I found a vet who also owned chickens, an angel, and when I took her in she said that sour crop wouldn't cause this and said that we would see if we could fix her. We've technically only owned this hen since December... we... stole her...

I will search for those threads and see what I can come up with. Sadly, I can't do anything tonight because everything is closed and we don't have anything to suture or glue to seal it. This is such a mess...

Definitely don't wait to find a vet. I spent hours calling people, begging vets to see me, and being turned down by everyone. I'd ask if there was anyone NEAR here and they'd act like "why they heck would you want to bring a chicken to the vet". I told DH that we HAVE to find someone and have a...

I have been googling and can't find one instance of a chicken crop exploding. I feel horrible and angry. We just moved to this area and the fact that I couldn't find one thing, or one vet to see me... I feel like selling the house and moving to another area where my pets can be treated. To make...

My husband just got home and we looked at her... she is wide open. Since I can't find a vet in this area... he will put her down in the morning.

I cut it in 1/3 and gave her 1 piece of the 1/3 last night, one this morning. and one tonight. She'd been throwing up by herself so we didn't even mess with that. It apparently happened after the 1/3 last night (and I broke the third into several pieces and she ate them pretty much herself)...

I had a hen with sour crop. I tried to find a vet, none in the area, ended up coming here and finding a few threads for help. None of the tractor supply's had any of the recommended items... so ended up trying the monistat. The next morning I woke up and she was almost completely empty. I was...

I don't think this was mentioned yet... "Mystery Men", the mad scientist in the abandoned amusement park with chickens running around.

I just want to say... THANK YOU! I am going to try this tonight. I wish I'd seen this two days ago!!!! Edit: 1 dose - dose given approximately 6pm night before. Woke up the following morning and her crop was no longer huge. She had vomited a lot in the morning before I woke and the smell was...

Everyone has their personal preference but I have found that my best layers have all been white leghorns. My girls had the best personalities as well and they laid pretty much all year round, big, white, beautiful eggs. We currently have Black Australorps, RIRs, Golden Comets, a couple of mixed...