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Shelless. Darned autocorrect!

Thank you so much for responding. I looked up vent gleet. She has no discharge and there is no smell. Is there a protocol for dealing with a shells egg?

How do you euthanize? It is so sad to watch a hen slowly die. I would gladly put her out of her misery if I could once I know there's no hope.

Our Easter Egger, Peggy, is not looking good. She's self-isolating from the flock, tail down instead of up, feathers looking kind of ragged. We just returned from a trip so I don't know the last time she laid but she for sure hasn't in the past two days. My house sitter says she hadn't seen a...

Aah okay thanks for the reply. Beans go in the trash.

Resurrecting this thread to re-pose the question. Anyone else feed refried beans to their hens? I never eat them when we bring home Mexican and it just occurred to me that beans are pure protein and might be good for the hens, along with the little tortilla “bowl” they are served in. Safe?

Ahh thank you both. So helpful to hear others’ experiences!

We've had several successful broody adoptions through the years. This is our first fail. We did everything the same as in the past so I am tempted to blame the hen. Our Salmon Faverolle went broody last year and I decided not to give her chicks because she was so skittish and unstable. In the...

Thank you @Eggcessive . We simply buried her. At the moment, at least, the rest of the flock appear to be fine. Her obit here: https://polloplayer.wordpress.com/2021/07/03/in-memory-of-june/

Noticed a few days ago that our four-year-old Ameraucana seemed a bit listless, possibly molting - awfully early in the summer for that, I thought. Then yesterday I saw that she had runny poop - white and green. I cleaned her up and started researching. Thought maybe vent gleet? Was going to...

Thank you so much @FluffyBottomBantams - do you mean I should check for the ascites or for flystrike? It’s strange because we have almost no flies where we live -always a breeze off the ocean and rarely very warm. I haven’t even noticed any flies around in the past few weeks. Clearly the wound...

I gave her a saltwater bath after seeing it as a treatment on a thread here. Didn’t see any more maggots after that. Syringed her with sugar water all through the eveni. Got into the vet first thing this morning. Vet said her abdomen was so filled with fluid from either cancer or internal...

Where did you find the directive for a 15-minute saline bath? Does it have to be for that long?

I rinsed her off, so much poop on her bottom. She has had a poopy back end for some time, actually. When I put her back in the coop one of the maggots (?) fell from her. Attached a photo - hard to see since it's about the same color as the pine shavings.. It's sort of at left center. Is there...

We have a RIR that I believe is near death. She has been failing for some time, stopped eating some days ago. I just went into the coop to clean up around her and found what I think are maggots in her poop! Small, white, roundish. I have never seen anything like this with any of my other hens...

I have an EE who has been a very undistinguished member of the flock. So much so, in fact, that when she went broody in January (January????) I said nope nope nope. Not only was it an off time of year, but this hen tends to be bullied and I didn't think she could defend chicks against our mean...

I have an Australorp who has never given even a passing thought to going broody. You must have some magic going on in your flock! But one of my EE’s went broody in January and I was like, um, are you sure? She’s at the bottom of the pecking order so I didn’t trust her to be able to defend...

@DobieLover so sweet! I didn't know Barred Rocks went broody!

Just in case anyone needs encouragement to try it - we just gave our Bella two baby chicks (which we acquired thanks to some help from @SurferchickinSB !) and it has gone so well, again. Buff Orpingtons make spectacular broody moms, although so did my little Mille Fleur d'Uccle. Mostly, it is...

Has anyone tried the cayenne shaker on chicken poop to discourage their dog from eating it? My new puppy is obsessed with eating chicken poop. :(