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My chicken is dying and she has maggots, and I don't know what to do. She got diarrhea after sour crop and was eating but only a little. I've been force-feeding her today, but she has her eyes closed most of the time and most of the time she lies down in the corner of the run. Starting...

Now I know why hen had been flinging food around her coop - overgrown upper beak. She had trouble picking up the food. I never noticed the beak until now, and I feel so guilty. She's not recovering well from sour crop now, and trimming the beak is probably the last of my worries right now...

Not sure where to put this - how do you clip or trim an overgrown beak? It's pretty long and I never noticed it before. I feel like such an idiot for not noticing it before. I'm only noticing it now because I'm trying to hand feed her. (Not much luck with that, though, and it looks like...

My hen has gotten over sour crop (yay) but is rejecting all food, mashes, yogurt, egg yolk, everything, and vitamin water. The only thing she's going for is grass (reaching through run wire) - which is how she got impacted in the first place. I can tell she is starving - what to do...

My hen has successfully gotten over sour crop, and now is rejecting all food, except for trying to get to grass outside of the run. I think that grass is what caused this is the first place. I have fed her crumbles for a long, long time - most of her life -- because at some point all the...

A few notes to anyone dealing with sour crop: Many people on these pages recommend doing a crop flush using a tube. You can find directions for that method by searching "sour crop". We did not use the tube down the gullet approach. I didn't feel that I could manage it, and I felt badly about...

What do I feed a chicken after she empties sour crop? Read on, if you like drama. She'd been off her food and water for a few days and this morning was gurgling when she breathed. This afternoon I went out to try massaging the crop. She began drooling yellow liquid and then it became thick...

Am about to look to through forum, but if anyone can give me immediate advice. She is six years old and has been lethargic for a few days. Now she is gurgling. She also shook her head and expelled fluid from mouth. Thanks for any advice.

Hi everyone, It's been a while. I wanted to let you guys know that I have a new book (to follow up Still Life with Chickens). It's called Winging It: Dispatches from an (Almost) Empty Nest. This one is about the kid flying the coop. Not so much about chickens, and no appearance by Wes in...

Some of you already know that the paperback edition of my book is out! Here's are two links: www.catherinegoldhammer.com/ www.amazon.com/Still-Life...F8&s=books