OK, so it’s about the same hen I posted yesterday. She can only walk a few steps. She was getting better today walking more but now when I feel her area around her vent, it feels very full and like it’s full of fluid. Any thoughts? I’m very worried about her.
She is a two-year-old wellsummer...
OK, so I’ve given her scrambled eggs, tums, brewers yeast. I felt for an egg and did not feel for one. She seems to be running a fever. I’m thinking this is Mareks. Any other ideas?
I have a two-year-old wellsummer hen that is unable to walk more than a few steps without sitting down and using her wings to balance. She’s able to drink and eat if I bring her to the water. Her vent is nice and soft and I don’t feel Any. Not sure when she laid an egg last.
What should I do? I...
Hi there! I have a green queen hatched from November 6, 2023. I don’t have much experience with this breed of chicken, any thoughts on gender? Sexed as a pullet.
A few of my hens have this blackish discoloration on their combs. I just noticed it a couple of days ago. They are about a year and a half.
There are no scabs or lesions just discoloration. Is this normal?
1) Splash Maran
2) Acting lethargic, still eating somewhat- isolating from the group. Not sure she has laid an egg in a while but her vent area is soft. Lots of green stool (formed) below her vent. Crop feels like a soft water balloon and is larger than normal. While mashing it, she burped...
Yes, she is laying. I believe yesterday I got an egg from her. I think it could be a crop issue. I picked her up and a bunch of fluid came from her mouth and her crop feels soft and watery, but not tight like a water ballon. I can feel some small hard grit in the bottom but it is mainly...
I have a 28 week hen that is acting lethargic. Some mild gurgling sounds very intermittently. She will pack and eat couple of pellets and then go and lay back down. She has watery stool. I brought her inside and gave her some electrolytes I noticed a purpleish hue to the top of her comb. I have...