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I feel like giving up! I love my girls. I have 3 Pekin bantams but I’m wondering if chicken keeping is for me. I feel like I lurch from one worry to the next and it’s not the laid back happy hobby I thought it would be. Since I’ve had them in just over a year I’ve had coccidiosis, broodiness...

My Pekin bantams normally look like round fluffy footballs. They currently look like soggy rats. They are literally quarter of their normal size! They’re hiding in the run but I hadn’t realised how leaky it was. They’re so miserable. I wish I could bring them in the house to warm up!

Congratulations!!!!

Just read your post, what a stress for you but sounding like some good news? Did any more chicks hatch? Did Doris look after your first chick? Good luck!

Lol @PouleChick your life sounds fascinating! Keep us posted with the egg updates! My silver partridge Pekin Bantam has gone ridiculously broody, no cockerel and I don’t want to hatch eggs so I’m trying to break her but she’s so stubborn. Been a week of cold baths and a dog crate on bricks but...

That’s so sad! Hope you’re ok!

So cute tho!

OMG they’re amaaaaaazing!!!!!!

Thank you! So strange just watching 3 of them pottering around the garden. I guess this is all part of learning and building experience. How are you all? Share some happy chick stories with me :love

Aw that’s sooooo sad!!!!!! Poor you! :( I couldn’t feel the egg even after she died. I feel bad I didn’t try to get it out but she was so distressed and toppling over. I couldn’t bare to watch her suffering. I’m not sure I’m strong enough for chicken keeping!!

So it turns out she was egg bound but quite high up. I couldn’t feel it but my vet friend could. Said we wouldn’t be likely to get it out and she was already so very poorly so we put her to sleep in my arms poor baby. So upset. :hit

Thank you. I’ve now posted under the disease and illness forum too. I’m so worried about stressing her out by prodding and poking if she’s about to die that would be an awful last day for her. But equally if I can save her that would be great. This was her poop yesterday (the lumps are...

She’s in my downstairs loo. She can’t really walk even a step or two and she’s staggering. Won’t touch the water or yogurt. I’ve put a few bits of corn right under her face. I’ll try the bath soon I feel like I’m overwhelming her and she needs to rest. She never liked being picked up very much.

Ok I’ll go get her. I set up my dog crate to pop her in but then I felt she’d be happier in a familiar dark nest box, she’s never been in the house so I was worried I’d cause her so much stress she’d die a terrified death. You think it’s best to bring her in though?

I can’t feel an egg. Her belly is small and soft but I don’t really know what I’m doing. She does waddle (tho today she’s been staggering) but she’s a Pekin bantam so they have very little legs and waddle at the best of times. Last few days she’s sat around and slept a lot but when she did get...

Thank you. She’s out freeranging all day and always looks like she’s eating (until today). Just yesterday afternoon she stood and ate for about 10 minutes solid when I filled up the feeder. So strange. She won’t try anything at all today I’ve offered her various things but she’s just lying there...

Thank you @PouleChick ive only had them a year and I did read as much as I could but I feel so under equipped for this sort of thing. She’s been slow and sleeping a lot for days. White diarrhoea. I’ve felt for an egg in her abdomen but I can’t feel anything unusual. I’m not sure what it should...

My poorly girl is in distress and I feel so uneqipped to help her. She’s spent the morning in the coop. Stumbled out just now. Had a few sips of water. Head butted the food but didn’t eat. Staggered back into the coop. She’s all lopsided. What do I do?

Thank you @PouleChick. I’ve been watching her today and she’s definitely eating but they’re freerange so it’s tricky to see how much but she’s definitely pecking around. She’s sleeping a lot too in between. She’s really big compared to the others. I wondered if she’s too fat? I’ll keep a closer...

Sorry slight update. She was walking around with the others and looked totally fine!! So I followed her and it wasn’t long before she was sleeping again so she’s definitely tired but can walk ok. I found a runny white poop with no sign of worms or blood in the poop, just white and watery.