This sounds like a Buckmoth caterpillar sting. You have them in your area. I have them here where I am, as well, and I've had my chickens suffer from their stings. I lost three six-week old chicks when they pecked at them. These caterpillars have nasty spines that have venom, and if your hen...
I used to be a huge proponent of fermented feed. I felt the natural probiotics it generated were worth all the trouble. I kept two alternating buckets going in my kitchen at all times. Then I got sick and decided to cut it out as it took extra time and energy that I was seriously short on.
The...
Not in my flock. But chickens do possess individual "style".
To be safe, feel with your fingers around the throat to be sure nothing is obstructing it. Feel a chicken who is drinking the conventional way for comparison.
Going through the TextEdit worked. It means a few more steps, but it beats composing the text from scratch. Thanks!
I'm still curious as to why I can't paste from the mail folder as I've been doing for nearly two decades.
I use my mail drafts folder to store a lot of the stuff I want to have handy to paste onto posts that I make to threads here. I go to that folder and copy the text I want to use, and then I have always just pasted it to my comment. Never had a problem doing that before.
I use Firefox browser...
The aggravating part is that this was not an issue one week ago. Now it is. What has changed? Has there been a site tech monkeying with the coding? It appears not to be able to read my material and decode it for posting to the site.
There. Now you know what's wrong. Go fix it.
I wish it were...
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I was just able to copy and paste what @Debbie292d copied and pasted. So there is that.
I'll keep at it on my end...
Thanks, that's what I needed to know.
And, no, my operating system is not updated because it's never the same after. Since I was able to copy and paste last week, and not now, it makes me wonder if the site has done some changes. What is different here from last week?
Still trying to paste some text, but still won't work. I've never had this problem before. Been on this site for sixteen years and I've moved text from my files before with no problem. Suddenly, today, I can't do it.
Is anyone else having trouble copying text from somewhere else and trying to...
If you have a regular family vet, ask them if they will prexribe something for your hen. Assure them you will accept responsibility for treatment in case they are not educated in avian veterinary practices.
If that is a dead end, try this mail order place...
I've been trying to paste some instructions in a comment window and straight pasting fails and also using the pasting insert function also fails. I double checked that it isn't my laptop failing to copy the material and my machine is working properly.
Coccidiosis has an incubation period of five to seven days. If these chicks are only four days old, coccidiosis shouldn't be the issue.
It's more likely to be a slow to develop chick. But don't rule out the watery poop being an anomaly. I had a baby chick many years ago with watery poop from...
You need to isolate her for her safety as @Kmaria187 pointed out.
I've had good luck "gluing" the torn comb back onto the scalp with triple antibiotic ointment. Clean the wound with saline. This is important to set up the correct pH so the tissues will "take".
Squeeze out the ointment onto the...