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Thank you so much for your reply. She still has a very healthy amount of weight on her/no weight loss is apparent. And this evening I noticed that she was also gurgling and her crop was very swollen. On top of whatever is causing her wobbles, it seems as though she has sour crop again, so I...

Hi everyone. I have a three year old chicken who has started having difficulty walking. She will start to walk and then become wobbly and fall over. She also appears to be very lethargic and is incredibly thirsty/drinking water more than she usually does. This behavior began today, April 21st...

Just wondering if bamboo shoots are safe for chickens? I have some leftover papaya salad that contains bamboo shoots and I thought it would be a nice treat for them if it's safe..

Awesome idea! Thank you! I'm also wondering why they started doing this at all?

We have two roosting bars, one lower, one higher. One is made from a tree branch that is circular and the other is made from wood.. it is rectangular. They've never had a problem roosting. All but one like to roost. Right now the temps drop to the mid to low 40s at night. We have two very small...

Hi all, The Autumn season is upon us here in Oregon and with that, egg production has slowed. We have four young hens that we raised as chicks back in February of this year, and all but one has stopped laying. Since production has stopped, my hens have now decided that their favorite place to...

Thank you so much for this incredibly extensive and helpful information. You are awesome for posting this!

Hey all. Tonight I went to check on my chickens just before their automatic door closed and I saw a rat running up their ladder to try and go in, but as soon as it saw me, it ran away. I opened the coop to see if there were any rats inside but did not find any signs (we have a small coop that...

Thank you for your helpful guidance. Hoping this works.

Once I am able to gather her into my arms, she is pretty easy to administer to. She is the most easy going, sweetest chicken and very trusting. I read in the "chicken health handbook" that a teaspoon of epsom salt to two tablespoons of warm water, two to three times a day via syringe is a...

I am so sorry to learn that you are going through something similar. I hope your girl recovers. I am up for trying the epsom salt treatment. However is there a way I can do this without using a tube kit? Would administering the epsom solution via a syringe into her beak suffice? I only ask...

Hello again. My girl doesn't seem to be getting any better. She seems more lethargic today than ever. I increased her dosage but I fear the yeast meds just aren't working. She is still foraging and drinking water but her movements are significantly slower. I feel as though I'm at a loss and am...

Again, thank you so much. I started her on the calcium today along with a little yogurt, as well as the continued yeast treatment.

May I ask when I should start her on the calcium tablets? I wanted to wait and make sure her sour crop issue is under control before introducing another foreign thing into her body...

Thank you. I absolutely will.

I just wanted to follow up that I've been treating her with over the counter 2% yeast meds per your recommendation twice a day for three days now. While her crop always looks a little better in the morning, it starts to swell up again and is squishy like a water balloon towards midday. She is...

Absolutely! She seems to be improving with each day. So thankful for this forum/resource. I believe it has helped save my girl's life.

Just a little update, I decided to get her the yeast meds after all and gave her her first dose about 2 hours ago. She seems to be doing well!

Thank you both again so much. She seems much better this morning. She is behaving normally and her crop appears to be less swollen. She does have a slight sour smell coming from her mouth. Should I put her on yeast meds even though she appears to be better? I will also be starting her on the...

Thank you so much to the both of you. This thread has been extremely helpful and beneficial. I will adhere to the advice of you seasoned chicken owners and hopefully become as learned and helpful to newcomers as you were to me. My girl is not extremely sick but she was acting awfully unusual...