Recent content by Emrosenagel

Hello! About a month and a half ago I had to deworm my older birds (they had a mild case of roundworm). My four chicks were way too young at the time, but now I’m worried they might have roundworm now after being outside. They are 7 1/2 weeks old Jersey giants. The only thing I noticed wrong...

Yup, still struggling. She did empty two days ago, but now we’re back to it. Otherwise, she’s completely normal; lays, normal poop, hungry, thirsty. I’ll probably need to take another trip to the vet to get to the bottom of it. Yours may have sour crop if she’s doing the jerking. I would smell...

Hello! I have a blue andulusian (11 months) who has been much paler in the past couple weeks. Now, the temperature and humidity here has spiked recently (central Florida) and this hen has always been sensitive to heat, for whatever reason; strange, since the breed is supposedly heat tolerant...

They always, always spill the bowl when I put it separate. I can get the girls layer feed though, since the hens are separate from the pullets and chicks. I just haven’t gotten to the store yet and had the flock raider on hand.

Yeah I have oyster shells mixed in, and i can give her some probiotics I suppose. Can’t hurt! really? I thought it should have no smell at all. It hadn’t before a few days ago, at least not as strong. I’ll have to smell the other hens breath to compare (what an odd sentence lol)

Yup, same hen. She even went broody last week, had to break her out of it. Laid her first egg since then today. She still jerks her crop, and now her breath is a little stinky (smells just like the feed) but acts normal.

Hello! I’m really going through with one of my hens. It’s been a month now and her crop never wants to empty all the way. It isn’t hard, isn’t exactly squishy. Feels normal-ish most of the time. She poops all the time, all normal; eats and drinks if she can; acts completely normal. Ive tried...

Yeah, it doesn’t fully close in the middle. Is this the beginning of a crossed beam? And when you say file her bottom beak, do you mean the tip?

Hello! Im not sure if I made a mistake or not, but I noticed one of my jersey giants (5 weeks old) had her stuck a little open and her top beak looked pretty long. I decided to give it a little trim, something I’ve done before, but when I did it now looks like her top beak is a tad shorter than...

I suppose so. It was particularly hot today, and maybe she didn’t eat very much, too. For now I’ll keep an eye on her.

Right when I put them up, at about 830. They free ranged for about an hour and a half before bed.

Hello! This is a first time occurrence with this particular chicken, so I’m not overtly concerned, but I am curious. My pullets (13 weeks, bantams Serama/cochins) occasionally go bed with empty crops. It varies on who it is, but it just seems odd. They act normal and eat/drink. We’re having...

They are four weeks old btw

Hello! I got four Jersey giant chicks four weeks ago, and I have a question for anyone familiar with the breed. I’ve noticed, compared to the other chicks I’ve raised, these girls look rough feather-wise. It’s like their bodies are growing too fast for their feathers? One in particular is a...

I actually think she’s fine now. I was just over analyzing everything she was doing, but she acted fine today besides the bloodiness. Thanks anyway! Of anything changes with her, I’ll be back!