Recent content by Sian

Does anyone have any idea how long you need to wait between doses for tylan? I was prescribed it for one of my hens for inflammation in her digestive system, she had it for 5 days and perked up but has started showing the same symptoms again today. The last lot of medicated water was removed on...

One of my hens was sitting on the nest all day, not doing solid poos and generally appearing pretty unwell over the last couple of days. I thought she may be egg bound so took her in, gave her a bath and kept her in the house overnight. This morning she seemed far better and had done a properly...

I could do with a little assistance in deciding if 2 of my new hens are in fact not girls at all. My others have all been ex-bats and I know very little about the characteristics of other types of hen. These are apparently leghorn/pekin crosses (which I'm sure must be a really odd combination!)...

After just managing to nurse Marjorie back to health after her serious bout of worms, one of my other chickens, Alfonso, has almost doubled in size over the weekend. I was away for the weekend leaving my boyfriend in charge so the difference was seriously noticable to me but not to him. I'm...

One of my hens was a bit wobbly on her feet today. After trawling through loads of posts for similar problems I decided to take her straight to the vet. The vet has decided she has coccidia, prescribed anti-biotics and anti-inflammatories, first thing tomorrow I am heading to an agricultural...