Recent content by Cassondra53

I was wondering if two implants would make any difference. I’m hoping to get her into the vet asap. This will be her 8th trip to the vet for the same issue. She did have pus accumulated in her after the first implant, and we surgically removed it. Poor girl has been through a lot

Thank you for the advice. So sad :-( I hate seeing her with such low energy.

Unfortunately, my sweet girl Chili has had a year of antibiotics, 6 trips to the vet, a Suprelorin implant, and a surgery to remove lash egg material from her abdomen. She got the implant about 1 month ago, and just this week she’s showing signs of symptoms coming back - laid a lash egg, egg...

Thanks so much for your input! I was nervous about removing the light colored stuff with the hopes that it was a sign of healing (I work in dental and when a person is healing from an extraction, we say it’s the color of oatmeal in the socket and that’s a good thing). But I realize not...

Hello Chicken Friends! I have a hen with bumblefoot, no limping/swelling/favoring the other foot, but that scab has been there for over 6 months now. Last night I removed the scab and there was no kernel. Just some bleeding and pink tissue. I am hoping some people with bumblefoot experience can...

Hi Kiki! They have 24/7 access to layer crumbles. But I think I was being too much of a breakfast mama - I was making them a breakfast of layer crumbles + “Omega Egg” protein + flax seed supplement, and adding in some non-fat organic yogurt for probiotics. I was giving too much protein! Lesson...

Hello all! I’m posting this with the hope that it may help someone else who has a hen going through something similar: For 2-3 weeks Binx has been slowly showing symptoms that something wasn’t right: she stopped laying eggs, she started having slightly labored breathing, she had diarrhea that...

Anyone have any thoughts on what could be going on with my darling? She’s been having poops like this for about 2 1/2 weeks. She hasn’t laid an egg for almost a month. She’s a year and a half. Thanks in advance for your input!

Hello BYC friends! My lil 1.5 yr old Sapphire Gem has been having super watery diarrhea for about a week. I’ve noticed slightly labored breathing (not open beak, however), and sometimes she holds her wings just slightly away from her body, especially on the roost. I have scoured the chicken...

Thank you so much for your input!!

Hello! I’m trying to keep my eyes on my ladies’ scales and catch scaly leg mites before it becomes serious. It seems that all of the pictures online are severe cases. Does this look like scaly leg mites? This is a 2 year old Buff Orpington. Thank you so much!!!!

Hello friends!! I have a Barred Rock who has poop that is different from the rest of the flock, and this has been going on for at least 6 months. She has no crop issues, I dewormed about 3 months ago and didn’t see a change, but she was laying eggs just fine before she started molting. She has...

thanks everyone! I have just done a ton of research and looked at pictures of infection “plugs” and I am not seeing the same thing on my sweet chicken, as far as I can tell. Her callus has layers that I can kind of spread apart (tried to show this in the second picture). It doesn’t look inflamed...

Hello friends! My buff Orpington started limping today, and is favoring her left foot a bit. Her right foot has had a callus on it for many months and it has never bothered her that I could tell, so I haven’t done anything about it. Aside from that callus that she’s had for a long time now...

Did you check her feet for bumble foot? Poor lil darling!