Hello! It's been a long time since I've had to post on here, but I've got an issue with one of my Hens, Rosie. She is a Maran Cuvree, and will be 3 years old in the new year. About a month ago, she stopped laying, after giving us an egg on a fairly regular every other day. She had been through a fai...

Hi Chrismahon, Thanks for the input. Maggie had sour crop last year and I know the symptoms - it's definitely not sour crop, but I see why you might think that. Unfortunately, we lost Maggie last night. She was a very old lady by ex-Batt standards, and I'm pleased to say she went peacefully in her s...

OK, After some further research, I have ruled out Peritonitis. Maggie has no swelling that I can feel, and I checked her abdomen against Rosie (our 8 month old, smallest girl) and they are the same. Thanks for checking though!

Looking into Peritonitis, I should add that Maggie stopped laying about a year ago, along with Gracie. She has laid a couple of lash eggs since then, but nothing this side of Christmas, and was in seemingly good health until a few weeks back.

HI Lady A,

I guess she is a bit swollen around her underside, although she's losing weight. What is peritonitis and how do I fix it? The other 2 girls seem fine with her at the moment. they leave her to it, but i'll keep an eye on it. Thanks for the heads up.

CJ2512 - I'm sorry to hear about Gert. What happened to her? 2 years is quite young. good luck with the new sister for Dolly though! Its not much fun in the beginning, and I was convinced that Maggie just didn't play well with others - but the three are very happy together now so it does all work ou...

Just a quick note on Maggie - she seems to have settled into her new normal. Her comb has not got any more purple -just the tips are purple and wrinkled, and it flops over a little now. She's very slow and not eating a lot of grain or mealworms, but seems to be enjoying cucumber and worms she finds ...

yeah the purply colour is about right. only on the tips so far, and that's where it's shrivelled. the base is still a nice red. Gracie's comb was really shrunken and purple for a while before she died, and she was slow and sleepy a lot. is there anything you can do for heart failure? I'm a little re...

thanks for coming back so quickly! We've had the 2 new girls since January, and they are all together now. (farm bred road rock and maran cuveree) Both are laying and fine. (both vaccinated against all the usual's when we got them at 16 weeks) Another thing I forgot to mention is her comb. Before Gr...

http://i1256.photobucket.com/albums/ii481/gemmaellen86/20170530_071227.jpg This is Maggie. She is a 4 and a half year old ex-batt, and the one remaining after we lost her sister, Gracie, in January. Over the last few days she's slowed right down - barely eating, spending most of her time asleep, ex...