It should be squishy, there should be nothing there. Practice on the other, check a couple tonight and feel the full crop. And feel same ones in the morning. They should be empty.
Any Vet can do the fecal, just take a sample to a Veterinarian and ask for it to be done.
You can worm with a...
Clyde the Brave
A few know that poor wee Clyde has been unwell for a bit. He is very wheezy and coughing - and not at all as active as usual. The Tylosin antibiotics have not cleared this up, so last night I started him on Amoxicillin.
Tonight he seems to be quite a bit improved which has me...
Very sorry and sad to hear of the death of your poor chickie.
As for plans, one question I have is who is paying for this. Building a coop and run to house 12 chooks will be expensive.
My suggestion is to repurpose a shed like knoturavggrl has done, and attach one of those dog runs to it. You...
Wow yes your winds are legendary.
Snow load and freezing rain are bad here.
The long cold and dreary winter weather is hard on all the animals that are not native to here. Livestock that is better suited to dry plains and hot humid tropical weather - that is what are livestock come from. Yet...
If you haven’t already, don’t forget to put your caption in for the caption contest
Thread 'BYC Poultry Caption Contest 11-28-25 Pic by Ponypoor'
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