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A couple months ago, I had a perfectly good Silkie come up dead and we felt strongly that our rooster had killed her trying to mate her. Then 3 days ago, one of our hens began limping (I think mated too roughly) and the next day, she is flopping around the chicken yard with a broken next. Day...

I've seen many a people keep chickens in much smaller areas. We free range and our chickens have a huge yard so I totally understand where you are coming from, but right now I have roosters in a 4 x 4 pen because they almost killed one of my little silkie hens and de-feathered and bloodied the...

Make your own. I treated many a sick chickens with my own mix and they all recovered quickly! Cheaper and more readily available too. http://earthmama24.blogspot.com/p/my-recipes.html Homemade Drench: 2 oz Hemp Oil (or other oil, such as corn), 2 oz Molasses, 1 oz Corn Syrup (optional)...

My heart goes out to all of you dealing with sick chickies. I have been there, done that! I have found natural remedies work far better and are much safer (for our animals and us). Of course, use your own discretion and consult a vet if you feel you need to. My only attempt at that did not...

I know this is an older post but for anyone browsing to try and find an answer for a similiar problem, I would like to direct you to the following post: http://www.earthmama24.blogspot.com/2011/03/natural-treatment-of-infectious-coryza.html I have dealt with this problem extensively using...

GSE won't hurt. If there is something going on, it will deal with that, and if not, it will just kill all the daily "stuff" they come in contact with. My chickens get it continuously and I have seen no bad affects from it. I am sorry I can not offer more specific advise for your particular...

Like I've said, I use it for EVERYTHING. It works on viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic. It doesn't cause diarrhea so it is not going to hurt. I would try a couple drops 3 times a day. If you don't see improvement, then I would try increasing by a drop or 2. Make sure she stays hydrated...

Please check out my blog post on respiratory illness in my signature. Breathing through the mouth also occurs when their nose is stopped up, just like us. My Brahma was the one who originally got sick and she would shake her head too. Even now that she is well, she still does a weird opening...

Do you feed them your fruit and veggie scraps? I personally just make sure mine have plenty of cool, fresh water throughout the day (we check it in the morning and afternoon as we live in the south and have been upper 90's here as well) and give them all our fruit and veggie scraps (which are...

Any specific reason? Are you just trying to supplement their diet or are you dealing with an illness?

That sounds about right, although if she is sounding a little sicky, it wouldn't hurt to do more. I always double up if anyone starts sounding congested and they are usually cleared up by the next day or so. This has only happened a couple times and I came to find out that my lovely helpers...

For healthy chickens, I use about 30 drops to 1 gallon of water. If you have a sick chicken that you are dosing individually, I would do 1-2 drops in about 1/4 cup of water and squirt it down her throat, 3 times a day. I have also been known to just stick straight GSE in one of our silkie...

They've removed the pathogen killing component so it's not like you are feeding your chicken a grapefruit. You are welcome to google GSE for animals or poultry/chickens, which is what I did before I began using it, although I am less likely to rely on some government funded testing than I am on...

A drench is just a nutrient dense substance you give them to kind of give them a boost. You can usually find them at livestock stores or the local Tractor Supply or you can make your own, as I did. I had great success using it on my very sick chicken (who I was pretty sure wasn't going to make...

I have used many different kinds of essential oils on my animals. No essential oil (except lavender) should be applied full strength on anything living, animal or human (and I don't use any eo full strength on animals). The concoction I use is 2oz of castor oil with 10 drops of lavender, 10...