Recent content by Morricl

Hi all, I have been following advice from Marigold and others for what I thought was compacted crop over the w/e. We have been housebound over w/e with snow so vet wasn't an option. Noticed Hen was withdrawn and she appeared to have compacted crop. I picked her up and when I stroked her neck she...

Good morning, my 12 month old Warren has always laid large rather thin shelled eggs - grit didn't make any difference. 3 weeks ago she stopped laying although laid one weeny egg. Yesterday she became withdrawn and still and appeared to be dying. I gave her a thorough examination (not that I'm...

We had 3 hens last May given to us by friend after buying poultry house previous December. One hen died from prolapse, one got bitten in head by dog but we nursed her back to life, and the other consistently laid soft shelled eggs. We had the most horrendous recurring red mite attacks, lice and...

Hi everyone, I have researched this on this site and others and cannot find the answer. 2 yr old Warren - she is moulting but keeps laying soft shelled eggs. Now not laying at all but is trying to - she's not broody but she goes in coop and appears to be trying to lay. I have given her oyster...

Hi I was just cleaning out the coop and found a mass of little red critters - there was loads of them in piles and very easy to see. I assumed they were red mites and have treated accordingly with smite. But....... reading on here - red mites shouldn't be easy to see in day and aren't...

Hi I am new here - so hello. Unfortunately one of our hens got out and tried to eat the dogs food which resulted in the dog snapping at her. She has blood on both sides of her head, her eyes are partially closed and she is very withdrawn. I have no idea if the dogs teeth perforated her skull...