I’m at my wits end , with a crop problem a black rock hen, iv no idea how old she is but I recused her a couple of years ago, I first noticed the problem after about a week, when I fed the hens some greens, since then I watch what she eats, but it would just keep coming back , full watery crop...
2 of my hens are wheezing & ones coughing , she's a black rock , no clue of age as she is a rescue, she's going though a moult, still eating & drinking , no messy bottom.
The other is a ex battery hen, about 5 years old, most of the time she looks like in a world of her own starting into space...
This hen has been sick for a while, when I got her as a recuse hen a year ago , she was ill with swollen face etc but was able to treat her to antibiotics, she then developed a funny hiccup sound around 6 months ago , as she had no other signs of being ill I thought it was just a funny noise she...
Hi, I'm Alison from the uk , I have 4 ex battery hens and just taken on 2 ex barn hens. The poor barn hens are so scared going to take a long time to get them to mix with the others. [/IMG]
I have 4 ex battery hens , and one has had milky poop for a long time, she is fine in her self eating drinking , I lost 2 hens a few months ago from a badly designed feeder, where water had got in and made the bottom layer of food mouldy, but these 2 hens died very quick with no signs of...