Recent content by Lars Peter

It has been a few days now, and she seems to have gotten much better :) However, this morning she laid an "shell-less" egg with visible shell, which is more than previous. I keep giving her the 500 mg calcium citrate capsules. I might have misunderstood something, but isn't 500 mg of calcium not...

In your experience, how long will a French Copper Maran live, under good care?

She is doing better today. Eating, scraping, talking, drinking, and she has also made several normal poops. However, when i checked on her just now she made a very runny, yellowish poop (similar color to yolk but mixed with poop). I tried your technique, and just give her the calcium capsule...

She is still eating, and she seems a bit better today. More like her old self. Getting her to eat the pill was close to impossible though. We tried mixing it with creme fraiche and her favourite snack (grass), but she did not like it. We tried with a syringe, which "kinda" worked, but it was a...

I only found capsules (those with edible plastic). How could i give her those? Is the plastic bad for her?

Thank you. I will break it up into 2 pieces, just to be on the safe side. I wouldn't want to make her inhale it so it gets into her lungs.

I can only find ones that are pills/tablets, but I don't think i can get her to eat it. She usually only eats grass. She doesn't even want wheat seeds anymore. How can i get her to consume the tablet?

I checked on her this morning. She didn't come out of the coop like she usually does. I also saw this in the "yard": I'm afraid it is probably her last egg attempt :(

When would you normally have a chicken euthanized? We have talked about a rule being: "When lethargic, above the age of 5, won't eat or drink"

I can't unfortunately as i threw it in a haystack, so i lost it. Tove did a similar egg before she died, so I am afraid Tonny might be headed the same wayl. Tove got euthanized by the vet.

So, if she becomes ill/lethargic/wont eat or drink, it should just be the end?

It is soft yet squishy, and a little elastic, and difficult to break/squeeze.

Hi again, We have lost Tove, our 6 year old French Copper Maran. Now, only 5 years old Tonny is left: (Me and Tonny in the garden) Now, it might be hypokonder, since we just had to deal with a very sick Tove, but sometimes the tip of her comb turns sliiightly purple, and it also seems slightly...

What does a full/empty crop feel like?