Chicken/egg question

[user 7704]

My small where the 6 young birds stay has a huge water puddle in front of it and I'm not sure they can get in to roost. Guess I can put them in the big coop and pray they are alive tomorrow.

I need waders just to walk outside. The path to the run is pea gravel so that's a good thing.

 

[Mountain trapper]

My small where the 6 young birds stay has a huge water puddle in front of it and I'm not sure they can get in to roost. Guess I can put them in the big coop and pray they are alive tomorrow.

I need waders just to walk outside. The path to the run is pea gravel so that's a good thing.

Are you serious? The chickens can fly over or wade through it. To be fair, I haven't seen a water puddle in......at least 6 months. We've had .6 inches or rain since April. Maybe you can build them a bridge.

 

[user 7704]

AD, I have to shovel in front of the door because the water had washed the sand and the door wouldn't close. The water had soaked into ground but there was a lot of washout.

 

[Mountain trapper]

AD, I have to shovel in front of the door because the water had washed the sand and the door wouldn't close. The water had soaked into ground but there was a lot of washout.

Yeah, things are different there. We get a lot of snow but very little rain. From about May 1st to October we can always count on nice weather for a picnic.

 

[user 7704]

One of my ladies is really hurt. No external injuries, but when I found her, she couldn't walk. I put her in the infirmary, but don't think she will make it tonight.

I would have put her down, but it was almost dark.

 

[Brent S]

One of my ladies is really hurt. No external injuries, but when I found her, she couldn't walk. I put her in the infirmary, but don't think she will make it tonight.

I would have put her down, but it was almost dark.

Sorry for your bird robin. Even though I ate my chickens I cared for and protected them. They had a good life right up to the point anyways. It’s always hard to loose a pet. Do you have any antibiotics to try?

 

[user 7704]

Sorry for your bird robin. Even though I ate my chickens I cared for and protected them. They had a good life right up to the point anyways. It’s always hard to loose a pet. Do you have any antibiotics to try?

Thanks Brent. I think she is past that point. If she ia alive tomorrow, I'll start antibiotics. Juat got a batch for birds.

 

[Brent S]

Thanks Brent. I think she is past that point. If she ia alive tomorrow, I'll start antibiotics. Juat got a batch for birds.

I learned infection can spread fast in a flock and to always have some on hand. Even being late I’d consider being her into a brightly lit place to wake her and try an eye dropper to get some into her tonight. Couldn’t hurt anyways

 

[Amish Heart]

It's always a sad thing when a bird goes down. The neighbor dog who is always over, took down one of my guineas. Now if I see her on our property, I tie her to a tree (a shade tree with water) and the neighbors have to come get her. I hate losing a bird.

 

[Kevin L]

It's always a sad thing when a bird goes down. The neighbor dog who is always over, took down one of my guineas. Now if I see her on our property, I tie her to a tree (a shade tree with water) and the neighbors have to come get her. I hate losing a bird.

Am sorry you lost the bird.

 

[Proud Prepper]

One of my ladies is really hurt. No external injuries, but when I found her, she couldn't walk. I put her in the infirmary, but don't think she will make it tonight.

I would have put her down, but it was almost dark.

Sorry about you losing one of your egg layers. I guess you will soon be having a chicken dinner?

 

[user 7704]

Sorry about you losing one of your egg layers. I guess you will soon be having a chicken dinner?

It would be a tough dinner. She is about 5 years old at least.

 

[lonewolf]

It would be a tough dinner. She is about 5 years old at least.

that then would be what we call here a "boiler", if you roast it like normal its inedible, its as tough as old boots, you have to boil it instead.

 

[Dostoyevsky]

Sorry to hear about your sick girl. Could she be egg-bound? You could try giving her a good dose of castor oil and see if it helps. A good dose of garlic in the mash can help too.

Five years isn't that old for a chicken -- I had one live 16 years and she was still a professional chick raiser, and she was also very good at eating snails, slugs and other pests and training the young 'uns to do the same. But it depends on the breed -- some of these new breeds are 'designed' to be terrific egg layers for a few years, but then their organs shut down. I prefer the old breeds for that reason.

A slow cooker is perfect for cooking old birds, but I wouldn't eat a sick bird. It's better to bury her instead if she does die and you don't know what is/was wrong with her.

 

[Brent S]

How is your hen this morning? I didn’t ask if you isolated her from the others. Several years back I had one girl die. Within a day and a half half of my hens were gone. The antibiotics added to the water saved the rest of them.

 

[Brent S]

Agreed, I wouldn’t eat a sick animal either. Ever

 

[user 7704]

Brent, I was surprised that she is still alive. I have to leave for the doctor, but when I return I will give a complete exam. It was too dark last night.

 

[user 7704]

Sorry to hear about your sick girl. Could she be egg-bound? You could try giving her a good dose of castor oil and see if it helps. A good dose of garlic in the mash can help too.

Five years isn't that old for a chicken -- I had one live 16 years and she was still a professional chick raiser, and she was also very good at eating snails, slugs and other pests and training the young 'uns to do the same. But it depends on the breed -- some of these new breeds are 'designed' to be terrific egg layers for a few years, but then their organs shut down. I prefer the old breeds for that reason.

A slow cooker is perfect for cooking old birds, but I wouldn't eat a sick bird. It's better to bury her instead if she does die and you don't know what is/was wrong with her.

I don't think so. I think she has been injured by a dog or another animal.

 

[user 7704]

Just got her out of the infirmary and checked her out. It looks like something grabbed her from behind. She's walking a little, but very unsteady. Gave her food and she's eating. I gave her a dose of antibiotics from a syringe. I'm guessing at the dosage. We shall see.

 

[tmttactical]

Just got her out of the infirmary and checked her out. It looks like something grabbed her from behind. She's walking a little, but very unsteady. Gave her food and she's eating. I gave her a dose of antibiotics from a syringe. I'm guessing at the dosage. We shall see.

Wishing you the best of luck with your little Lady.

 

[Acdoctor]

Just got her out of the infirmary and checked her out. It looks like something grabbed her from behind. She's walking a little, but very unsteady. Gave her food and she's eating. I gave her a dose of antibiotics from a syringe. I'm guessing at the dosage. We shall see.

Keep her up and on antibiotics for a few days and I would be willing to bet she will recover, we had one attacked by a coyote but was able to shoot it before it killed her, it took a couple week but she got over it and started laying again.
good luck and hopefully she will pull thru.

 

[user 7704]

Looks like my lady has recovered. I thought she was a goner, but she bounced back.

 

[user 7704]

In all my years with chickens, I have never had a week like this. Zero eggs from 18 ladies. Zero.

 

[Proud Prepper]

In all my years with chickens, I have never had a week like this. Zero eggs from 18 ladies. Zero.

I got 1 egg from my 5 hens that lay. For 4 days in a row.

 

[Acdoctor]

In all my years with chickens, I have never had a week like this. Zero eggs from 18 ladies. Zero.

It’s probably the colder weather , stress will cause that too. The change in the temps have caused my daughters to slow way down on their egg laying too. We had a neighborhood cat that was stressing them as well but not anymore.

 

[user 7704]

I've had them slow down, but never stop completely. They were molting, but that is mostly over. One is broody.... sitting on one tiny egg that can't possibly hatch.

 

[user 7704]

Out of the blue, all of the chickens went into the big coop tonight. I checked back and there was some pecking going on, but nothing major. Maybe they sensed a predator and wanted strength in numbers.

 

[Helen Back]

My neighbor got her first chickens about three months ago and has a very aggressive rooster, who is thrashing some of the hens. She wants to kill that ******* but doesn't have it in her. I told her to just give it some Tylenol PM and it should be lights out. How do you guys kill one as humanely as possible?

 

[Mountain trapper]

My neighbor got her first chickens about three months ago and has a very aggressive rooster, who is thrashing some of the hens. She wants to kill that ******* but doesn't have it in her. I told her to just give it some Tylenol PM and it should be lights out. How do you guys kill one as humanely as possible?

If its injured and we don't want to eat it just a .22 to the head. If we're going to eat it then a small slit to the neck while in a killing cone. Let it bleed out.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

My neighbor got her first chickens about three months ago and has a very aggressive rooster, who is thrashing some of the hens. She wants to kill that ******* but doesn't have it in her. I told her to just give it some Tylenol PM and it should be lights out. How do you guys kill one as humanely as possible?

Killing cones work well. Either that or shoot it.