We had called and they said they were only doing emergency treatments.. not sure if it counts as an emergency now that it's more than one death. Confirmed the first bantam had a large heart and was probably egg bound or trying to push an egg out when she passed. Hubby just discovered the second...
It might be worth noting in the pecking order these two girls were on the bottom of the ladder but they didn't have any external injuries that hubby could find...and he did say he thought he felt an egg in this one today.
I'm currently out of town helping my family. Hubby is home taking care of the flock. We have had two hens die less than a week apart. We live in a remote area and no vets are willing to look at them after they pass. They reffered us down south but that place also is only doing emergency...
Tiny went in for a check today , everything looks good and is healing well according to the vet. He still has a gape once in a while but she said since it's his only sign he might just be healing up ( or the growth could be coming back she can't guarantee of course ). He is a little stud all the...
Tiny is recovering very well! I was able to check in his mouth and it looks pretty much like everyone else's mouths now. He still has a few days of antibiotics left. They had no clue what it might be and it was going to cost double what surgery did to find out. I love him but we picked the "hope...
He would really rather we leave him alone but a picture to show how much better he already looks ( still going to treat for other things after he's had time to have all his vet meds and recover a little ). Eating and drinking already.
Just got back from the vet they did emergency surgery to remove the mass. It was nearly grape sized. Not sure what it was since sending it off would be $$$.. hopefully it doesn't come back but I'm just glad that he's alive and can breathe better. Week of meds and pain killers. The vets had no...
The vet on the area has no idea what to do with chickens. I saw him last year for one of our other chickens and he said "I have no idea what's wrong with her but here's some meds hope it gets better" yes his tongue is there, I don't think it's swollen but I don't have anything to really...
I have searched on Google and used all sorts of phrases to try to describe this. Anyone know what can cause this ? It might have been a birth defect but my rooster is having trouble breathing - he gapes which we thought ( and treated for ) was gape worm. He never had this issue before and is...
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Here is a video of the behavior. Ignore the sounds from the other room his breathing actually isn't that loud or anything ( it's my dryer ) but the bark at the end startles him awake poor guy.
Tiny weighs 460grams, we got him with the rest of the flock at the end of March 2019. He is my smallest bird at the moment most of my others are Plymouth barred rocks with a few little bantams.
Tiny is gaping the classic stick the beak up and gasp for air. He started this on Sunday. It wasn't a...