Recent content by Soujrnr

I'd love to see your setup! I'd like to do something similar.

So, I ended up just draining the barrel. I will spray it out thoroughly with my pressure sprayer to get the gunk off the inside surfaces, and then fill it with water from the hose. I may fill it completely, add a small amount of bleach to kill everything, then thoroughly rinse it again before...

I think I may have to do something similar.

Hello all. We have a 55-gallon food-grade barrel set up to collect rain water off of the roof of our coop, which it does quite nicely. However, the water smells bad. It's not like a sewer smell, but it does smell pretty nasty. I can't open the top of the barrel, so all I could do is drain it and...

How is your girl doing? Any updates?

Never mind. She died overnight. She threw up a bunch of orangish-brown mucus and died in the night. 😢😢

Her comb is purple now. I suspect it's from her agonistic breathing and lack of oxygen. She is shaking her head occasionally now as well and gives a quick flap of her wings and then just settles down to try and breathe more.

The medicine our friend gave her is called Respi-Care.

Here is a link to a video showing her breathing. Nina's Breathing Difficulties

I didn't see any bubbles or anything in her eyes. She has difficulty breathing with every breath, but no apparent swelling, head shaking, or mucus that we could detect. No wormer, but I'll get some. She's a new bird to the flock. We had five, and recently added five more. She is one of the...

This morning when my wife went to check on the girls, she found Nina wheezing and not moving much. I can't see any blockage in her throat either. She seems to be struggling to breathe. We isolated her and then had a friend come over who has a lot more experience (and a lot more chickens) to look...

That's good to know. I haven't tracked the times when the hawks disappeared, so I'll be sure to watch that. Thanks.

Yes. Sort of like a water balloon.

Also, when I gently squeeze that softball-size lump, it's very soft and squishy. It's not hard, and she doesn't react. She is eating and free-ranging fine. No lethargy or odd behavior at all.

Here are two more photos of her roaming in the yard. Her butt does look swollen even more in these photos.