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Great tip, thank you @ManueB!

I’ve only just found this thread and don’t have enough time to read through it all, but I’ve read the earliest pages and some of the later ones to try and get a feel for it. Thank you for helping this flock, @Shadrach. And I’m sorry about those geese. It is infuriating when people don’t even...

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. ☺️

Thanks all. I’d never even heard of a Bielefelder so shows what I know! 😂

Thank you. I wonder what his parents were. He is a sweetie and I hope will stay that way as he grows stronger.

Please can I have some help with identifying the breed of this rooster? We’re in the U.K. My parents recently rehomed him and 8 hens from very poor conditions. He has various issues including an awful breast blister which we are working on, but his temperament is wonderful so far (he arrived...

Can you share some photos of her feet and legs? ☺️

I agree that space, space, space is everything. We are in the UK and the only predator we really need to worry about is the fox, who doesn’t come to where our chickens are until it’s dark, so we do not need to keep an enclosed run (which, if I understand correctly, you don’t need in Hawaii...

Sorry for your loss, @Lanalou417. It does sound like your girl might have had sour crop in my experience and that she might have aspirated, but it’s hard to say for sure exactly why she died. It really sounds like you did your best to help her and sometimes they have things going on inside that...

It could definitely be an injury… if you pick her up and put her down standing, can she stand or does she try to take the weight off one leg? We had a hen with a leg injury who didn’t walk properly for a long time. We made her a separate area during her recovery, ensuring she had water, food...

Thanks for helping this sweet girl. As mentioned above, I think I’d also be applying something like Vaseline after the soaks as I feel it would help soften and soothe the crustiness too. I’d keep her food and water quite close together (which I’m sure you’ve done anyway in isolation) so she...

In our case the rooster (who we just rehomed from some poor conditions) has weak legs and sits down a lot which put a lot of pressure on his body. He was lying just on a dirt floor all the time. We are hoping he will roost, once he gains strength, and for now we have him on a thick layer of...

Personally I would keep her separate until it has healed further. Can she see the other chickens?

Hey @Melgug, sorry about your hen. I just cleaned out a similar breast blister on our new rooster (I posted one of the topics linked to above). It’s not a nice job but if the wound is full of pus I don’t think it will heal. A few days after ‘surgery’ and our roo seems to be doing OK.

Thank you. I woke up in the middle of the night, thinking about this chicken (as one does, haha), and had the idea to try a dressing designed for pressures sores in humans. I've now ordered several in different sizes and I hope they might arrive tomorrow and I can give one a go.

I’m sorry for your sweet hen. She certainly looks like she is struggling to breathe. Does she have any other symptoms that might suggest a respiratory infection perhaps? Are you able to find a vet locally? Have you checked inside her throat just in case something is stuck? I wish I had more to...

I think they will be back when the weather warms up again, as said above. I would also be treating the coop again.

Can you get hold of a proper medicated wormer like fenbendazole? I don’t think your natural remedy will cure your problem unfortunately.

Following on from my thread about a rooster with a breast blister, I am wondering how I can dress it more easily. The wound is quite far down and it’s very difficult to bandage him around the body, going under the wings, without impacting on his leg or wing movement. The skin is bare of feathers...

Well, I did my best with help from my fiancé. We removed all the pus we could. It looks in the pic like some is remaining but I think that is fatty tissue. It bled a little but nothing major and I hope the bandage will stay put… we tried to be efficient and get it done quickly. He was very...