So far, she's the same. Normal poop for a few days, now back to the yellow soup. She stays on the roost in the morning way late, but eats a little and drinks water, her comb is a normal color, and she lays down frequently. I feel like she is in an aging decline.
The most interesting thing...
I'd like suggestions to ease or cure the illness, but more than anything, if she's on her way out suggestions from people who've had a beloved freeloader for this long... Not a lap pet, just a special chicken.
Wyandotte, almost 9 years old, hasn't laid in well over a year, comb is normal (pale red) for non-layer, is not bloated or swollen anywhere, nor is she overly thin. Just basically an old hen.
A couple of weeks ago my oldest hen was a bit lethargic and having watery poop with a yellow tint. Lasted about a week and she got better with no treatment. This morning it's back again, she didn't get off the roost until I went and picked her up. I gave her some bread soaked in raw egg which...
I was sent a EF cockerel as the "free chick" in my first order of baby chicks almost 10 years ago. We free ranged and he was a complete natural at it. A few years later I added some more chicks to the flock (a variety pack) and got one female EF. She was feral as could be. She roosted in trees...
Thanks for the reply. I should have specified no bantams. Sorry, my bad. Yeah, TSC here gets them but say they never know what day or what they're getting and sells out same day so they don't want to take numbers for calling. So kinda frustrating. I'm 30 minutes from town so can't go in every...
Curious if anyone has available chicks in southern New Mexico? I see the major hatcheries are basically out through June or longer. Not too picky about breed, just decent layers, prefer a variety or EE's so I can tell them apart. I have 3 hens, one will be 9 in June, the other two will be 7, so...
I'm no expert, I searched around and did find this article comparing the coati with the raccoon. I personally thought the narrow toes of the raccoon didn't look as close to my photo as the coati. I'm so curious now, hope to get it on the critter cam, if not in the trap...
I read that they are intelligent like raccoons and are sometimes kept as pets. Which suggests to me that they are smart and adaptable to change - few wild critters do well in captivity. There is only one tree with skinny limbs that overhangs the fence - a squirrel could jump from limbs to...
No, not really. There are 5 strands of electric on the outside of the 2 x 4 inch field fencing, bottom one is about 4" from the ground and then the others above are about 8" apart and all are about 3" out from the field wire. Tried to take care of a critter going under the bottom one or climbing...
The Coati is the same family. This is a high elevation, arid forest, trees mixed with cactus, very little water. Our creek use to run 6 months out of the year, but this year it only ran 3 times, only for 2 or 3 days due to no rain and so far no snow. Close to creeks I've seen the Coaties but...
Just found a news article from 2018 and it states that coati's do kill chickens and also they are a protected species in this state. From the tracks I found I'm pretty sure that's what it is. Hmph.
"The coatimundi was captured by Tyler Sladen in Corrales over the weekend. Sladen, who works...
Thank you for your input! I saw that track when I looked at the photos on the computer. I went down to the pen & found more and used a measuring device rather than a golf ball. :) Ground is frozen hard but sand around the wall held good ones! The back foot is looking like raccoon but we don't...
The only predator I've ever had is a bobcat and we haven't had a kill for over 2 years since putting up electric fence outside the 2 x 4" field wire paddock. This morning I have a partially eaten chicken in the run and a pile of poop in the coop. Some of the ends of toes were eaten, which I...
Very informative, thank you! Since she's eating the same as all the others, I was assuming a personal problem in the calcium absorption or reproductive tract. Thanks again.
I have a 6 year old hen, laid normal eggs until last year, then began laying a roundish egg with a very thin shell. I didn't think much about it but this year it's getting worse, it's almost round with one side flatter than the other, and it has brown spots on the outside and brown "floaters" in...
My last update on this was the thought of the young rooster really being aggressively chasing the youngsters, in lay or not and how they would flee/fly/run from him. After another few years of looking back and learning I'm pretty sure this was the only reason that young hen flew to the top of...