recovery

  1. Kbake

    Ameraucana chick gender

    My chicks are approximately 4 weeks old. Within the first week I had to bring one inside because they broke their leg. The leg has now healed but we are struggling getting the leg back in motion…. Anyways, I noticed Chilly (our handicapable chick) has way less feathers than the others and is...
  2. crunchygranola

    Helping a chicken with loneliness while in the henspital? **important**

    I have a hen that I had to pull from her flock to get her in the a.c. She squawks like crazy whenever I leave the room and gets really restless and uneasy and exerts herself physically. She’s taken a keen interest in a mirror I have on the ground (full length body mirror) and spends most of her...
  3. Diveks

    Recovery on battery hens?

    Someone was selling off their battery hens (still in lay), and I was looking for some dark egg layers so I picked them up, they don’t really look 100%. They are bald in some places and their combs look pretty wrinkled and pale. But they are not in terrible shape as they haven’t been battery hens...
  4. M

    My recovering rooster - need tips to fight cabin fever

    Hi all! I have an injured rooster with a fractured femur, and he is living inside for the winter in a large dog playpen. His recovery is actually going quite well and he is in good spirits, but I think he is (understandably) bored. Any ideas for how to keep him from going nuts while he...
  5. S

    Cocci and recovery (is my hen getting better)

    Recently had what we're 99% sure is a coccidia outbreak amongst our flock. Most of the girls seem to be doing reasonably fine, but our lavender orpington Lilly seems to have it the worst and is having a rough recovery. Our splash maran and bielefelder hens also seem to have it but are having a...
  6. H

    Recovering from Sour Crop, further advice needed

    On Saturday night, I posted about my hen Max behaving very lethargically and not eating. Some kind folks on here lead me to believe she had sour crop, which I have been treating her for since Sunday after getting her crop to empty on Saturday night. Max seems a bit better. I have given her some...
  7. F

    Long term Botulism recovery

    Howdy! We had our first run in with Botulism this summer. Heavy rains, stagnant water sitting in the yard and many insects, I believe are to blame. By the time we figured it out, we lost a one month old duckling. Then a raccoon attacked the flock, and the big Alpha Drake (named Drake) tried to...
    • FloridaDuckGuy
    • Thread
    • botulism botulism recovery motor control recovery
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Ducks
  8. L

    Stolen hen came home!

    While I was out of town and hubby was minding the flock, my largest, heaviest cinnamon queen disappeared! She just showed up this morning! She has been gone 5 days! Needless to say, she has lost weight and looks awful! It looks like something grabbed her on her back, around the base of her...
  9. so_fancy_af

    Not eating post-coccidiosis & mite treatment

    TL;DR: my special needs chicken isn’t eating after a bout of coccidiosis and mite flare-up, nor had she laid an egg in a week. What to do? long version: My girl Mystery has had a rough few months. She’s partially blind to begin with so it’s always been tough for her. She survived the fox bite...
  10. lulu1642

    Impacted Crop Help

    Brenda appears to have imacted crop, hard and full yesterday very lethargic she layed an egg on wednesday, pooping tiny amounts, she has access to grit etc - she is 4. Adminstered olive oil and have been massaging but no sickness. The crop appears to be much much softer and not so full. 1)...
  11. Goosebaby

    Tube feeding formula recipes

    Anyone have recipes for tube feeding formula, I’m running low on my Harrison’s recovery formula and the next order won’t be here for a day or two. I’m tube feeding a very sick gander who isn’t capable of going without in his current state. The local pet stores don’t carry any kind of hand...
    • Goosebaby
    • Thread
    • at home recipes recovery tube feeding tube feeding formula
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Geese
  12. A

    Injured Orpington rooster

    Hi everyone, my two Orpington roosters suddenly started to fight last week. When I got home after work there were feathers everywhere and they were still going at it! I separated them and my favourite- the lemon cuckoo just stood in the field not moving. The blue seemed fine other than minor...
  13. M

    How long to feel better after sour crop recovery?

    Hello! I've been using the wonderful info from this site for the past three years, and this is my very first post! Question: I noticed I had a lethargic chicken last Tuesday - wouldn't even come out for mealworms. When I picked her up, she had the telltale squishy crop - not super big, but...
  14. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    A case for *NOT* isolating a sick hen?

    Penny for your thoughts? My 17 m/o EE is recovering from a few rough days: first, a thin-shelled egg broke inside her that she struggled to expel (but did after a few epsom salt soaks and calcium supplements), then her crop backed up, which led to an all-day stay at the local vet's office. She...
  15. TwentyOneChickens

    How to get her back to normal?

    One of my hens recently recovered from Sour Crop, but she is really thin and still isn't eating normal. How can I get her back to normal weight and get her to start eating grain again?
  16. G

    Suspected Wry Neck - Treatment?

    Hi, I have a 9yr old Australorp hen and noticed when I went to lock her up tonight that her head is slightly tilted to the side. She seems to be able to balance ok (though not well) at this stage and was still able to eat. From my research she may have wry neck. Nothing has changed in terms of...
  17. ChicksLoveOregon

    Is there a disease with symptoms similar to Marek's?

    My ignorance with regards to proper chicken husbandry is going to be ever so obvious in this post. I have a chicken that I think has Marek's disease... Last night I read the detailed post on Marek's in this forum and it seemed to confirm my fears. The chicken in question is Hopscotch, mixed...
  18. ahiru

    surviving a predator attack

    I hate to make my appearance on this forum by introducing a sad situation but here goes. Last Saturday night, March 16, a predator, probably a fox, dug a hole under my shed, killed my duck and injured my drake. The drake's head and body seem fine but one leg seems injured. I took him to a vet...
  19. MROO

    Battery Hen Rescue - A "Must Watch!"

    Oh My Goodness! Between the visual of these three ladies discovering the world for the first time and the music ... I nearly needed a tissue! Then there was the follow up, six months later ... The author of the videos shared this note: Please feel free to share and embed this video for...
  20. Lukemjm

    Help! Ducks attacked by mink!

    3 nights ago, our two ducks (1.5 year old Pekin Male, 2.5 year old Saxony female) were attacked by a mink or weasel. I awoke at 4am to my dog (so proud of him) barking and growling incessantly out the window in the direction of our duck run. I was concerned for our little guys, and went out to...
    • Lukemjm
    • Thread
    • duck happy pekin recovery saxony sick trauma tube feeding
    • Replies: 482
    • Forum: Ducks
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