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I'm uploading this photo under a separate heading, as well as the previous thread, for information/reference purposes. This is Basil's foot before he went to the vet. The lump was quite hard and shiny and not a domed sort of shape as you might expect an abscess to look. When the vet lanced it...

Just when I was getting lulled in to a false sense of security thinking all was well in Chickensville, I noticed today that Basil, my almost 2 year old cockerel and king of the garden was limping badly. Close inspection has revealed a sort of growth on the top of his foot, slightly oval shaped...

Flossie, my little pekin, finally had her crop incised this evening after several weeks of oil and massage of her impacted crop, to no avail. Also tried to empty it with liquid paraffin and tipping her upside down but neither myself or the vet could get anything to come out. Poor little thing is...

I have read that you should really give a second course of Flubenvet 3 weeks after the first to be really sure of breaking the cycle, followed by probiotic yoghurt to reline the gut. Does anyone know if this is necessary or not? Also, should you worm once, twice or four times a year - there seem...

I now seem to have the opposite problem! Whereas Flossie appears to have an impacted crop, Myrtle's crop seems quite empty at the end of the day. The other night she was lying like a pancake in the nesting box when I went to shut them in at night. I picked her up and she seemed very light and...

Flossie is almost 18 months old. For the past several weeks she has been quite lethargic, sitting around all puffed up by herself, with her eyes closing. If you call her for food she perks up a bit and runs over, but is always last of the four to come and seems to be off with the fairies. I...

I have 3 twelve week old pekin chicklets hatched out this summer - 2 girls and a boy. I have been thinking of finding another home for them but have only had one offer so far which I'm not too happy about so am toying with the idea of keeping them. However I read somewhere on this forum that...

I want to worm my chickens (last done in April) but have 7-8 week old chicks in with them as well. Will Flubenvet be harmful to them at that age, and if so, how old should they be before worming?

I have 3 hens, a cockerel and now 3 seven week old chicks - all pekins. The mother (Sybil) has been in a separate henhouse since she went broody. She started laying again last week and now free ranges most of the day with the other grown-ups, as do the chicks until they get tired out and flop...

I have had my pekin, Sybil, in a separate coop since she became broody as the other 2 hens and Basil, the cockerel, were bullying her. She now has 3 four week old chicks (which I'm rather worried are all cockerels!).The coops are next to each other so that they can all see each other, and the...

My pekin has hatched 3 eggs (4 left) and they seem to be eating a little chick crumb - well they're walking through it anyway. She doesn't seem to be eating it though and is only eating grass which goes straight through her and makes very smelly green poo. She goes mad for corn but then tries to...

My pekin bantam, Sybil, has been sitting on 7 eggs for 2 weeks now.Last week I noticed that her crop wasn't emptying overnight. It seems to go down a little, but not much. She is hardly eating or drinking anything and she is normally the greediest of the lot. I have to get her up 3 or 4 times a...

I have been persuaded to let Sybil, my lovely little black pekin, to sit on her eggs (although I am in dread as to what will happen to any little cockerels) and have had to separate her as the others were picking on her. As luck would have it, we had a Forsham ark hanging around in our garden...

Help - I've just realised that one of my pekins (Myrtle) has bumblefoot and I'm off on holiday for 2 weeks on Saturday. A neighbour is looking after them who used to have pekins but I can't really rely on her to nurse them. She (Myrtle, not the neighbour) doesn't seem poorly at all but I have...

I have 4 pekins and for reasons too complicated to go into, am having to replace their house. So far they have had an ark on the grass with quite a big extension run, and they free range most of the day normally, but I am now thinking of getting something static, on a bed of bark chippings for...

Can someone advise - is it ok to use straw now that it's getting warmer? I was advised to put some down in the covered part of my run when it was cold and particularly when it snowed and they (my 4 pekins) absolutely loved it, but was told not to use it after winter because it harbours crawlies...

Basil, my pekin cockerel, has always had very red shafts to the underside of the feathers on his feet - you can see them clearly from behind when he is walking. He also has very inflamed skin around his vent area and to some extent on his tummy, particularly around the feather follicles and also...

Can someone advise whether mites and lice are still a problem in this very cold weather. I am worried about cleaning out the whole of my ark and spraying it with Total Mite Kill as I do the rest of the year because it is impossible get it dry again. At the moment I am just cleaning the poo out...

My little black pekin Sybil had a bit of a bald, slightly flaky head when we got her in August but this has got worse and is now quite crusty and a bit yellowy - almost like eczema. I have put diatom on it and vaseline but neither seems to make much difference - it now looks quite uncomfortable...

Not sure what's wrong with my pekin Flossie - she has been quite solitary and dejected for the past 3 or 4 days, going off on her own, lagging behind the others and taking herself off to bed during the day, sitting fluffed up and a bit hunched. There is definitely something not right. Have...