Recent content by theacw

Thank you so much for responding! I have been incredibly stressed for her because I am down to two and I know winter will be hitting us hard soon so I want to help her if I can before I have to find "friends" for the other one in the middle of winter. Sadly, I am living in the city a couple...

Hmm dang. Would you expect it to get worse? Anything I can do for her? Sorry, every time I have searched for it... its either young hens or some other issue so I cant find anything that relates to this in particular.

Anyone? She also is pretty thin.

I have a 2-3 year old EE hen that just went through a pretty hard molt. Her body is now growing in feathers nicely and her neck is going through the process now. Well, lately she has been walking backwards and I was wondering if this could be out of irritation. I started looking into it online...

She's gone :(

I think my hen may be dying of peritonitis .... Any way to save her!? I just dosed her with baytril. Can I drain her? Can someone talk me through it please !?

I got this response from a vet. Could someone tell me if its worth bringing her to a vet? Is there really something they can really do?

Thank you so much for responding. I don't know anything about all this so it helps tremendously. The hardest thing is Stephanie is 3 hours from me so I can't take care of her. My parents wouldn't bring her in for me either. Sigh. Right now she is acting fine besides the awkward walking. Will...

My first hen I ever got, 3 or 4 years old silverlaced wyandotte, I suspect is internally laying. She hasn't laid eggs for awhile and walking funny for maybe a month or 2? At first I thought it was because she was molting but then it turned out to be just a little on her head and last time I...

Oh I hope not either! Would that progress quickly or slowly just to know what to look for? She's my first lil gal and means so dang much to me! The absolute best little hen. How much would aspirin would you give a standard silver laced wyandotte? I have a tiny bit of metacam from before but...

She has been walking like this for over a month so I don't think its anything "sudden". And she has kind of gone through spurts of this before. I checked her over good and see absolutely nothing of concern, just walking in a marching manner. She does lay still but hasn't for a few weeks...

Does my hen have arthritis? She limps quite a bit and likes to lay down a lot. When she walks, she looks so goofy... either she takes short little strides or almost looks like she is marching. She is about 4 years old and a silver laced wyandotte. I read around on here and saw it usually...

Awww I love it! I love hearing about pet chickens that are around for a long time. My oldest and first hen is 5 years old and I thought she was getting up there! She is so pokey and "arthritis like" that I thought she was getting old.... I guess not! I hope mine last as long as yours! How many...

Haha I would never let you take her! I am so crazy about how awesome she is.... which is why I am so glad she has tamed down. I got her free from a sweet girl in town when I got down to just my one little hen and needed to get her some friends FAST. Finding a polish and a gorgeous white EE quick...

I got her when she was maybe 1 years old and I have had her for a year now! She has never, ever laid an egg for me. She does have some masculine features, such as spurs but doesnt crow at all. I think she was one of the top hens at a farm she was at and she is now either the middle or bottom of...